‘Samosa Ke Liye Rail Roki Hain’: Indore Loco Pilot Buys Snacks Beside Halted Train– Railways Reacts

Imagine your train gets delayed, but not because of some technical issue or some accident, but instead– because of the railway staff who wanted to buy some Samosa! Wait, what? The Railways staff in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, is currently under the scanner for similar allegations. A video is circulating on social media, which shows "Indore–Mhow DEMU" train’s loco pilot buying some Samosa– next to a halted train. As per the cameraperson, the loco pilot had stopped the train at the spot just to buy some snacks. The clip then showed the train resuming to move as soon as the pilot boarded it.FACT CHECK: However, is that really what happened? As soon as the controversy began to grow louder, it also came to the notice of the authorities. Later, reacting

to the incident, the Indian Railways took to social media and claimed that the video was “false” and “misleading”. The authorities also clarified that the train in question was a “goods train”, not a “passenger train”. The official handle of the Western Railway stated that the “goods train” was “already halted at RAU Home Signal due to scheduled engineering work”. “Fact Check. The claim made in this post is false and misleading. The goods train (Concor Green Field Private Terminus), hauled by Loco Nos. 27237 & 27600, was already halted at RAU Home Signal due to scheduled engineering work in the RAU yard. It was not stopped to purchase food,” the clarification read. “During this operational halt, the Assistant Loco Pilot (ALP) was seen buying food. This personal act during an authorized stoppage has been deliberately misrepresented to suggest that the train was halted for refreshments, which is completely incorrect. Further, the video has been falsely linked to a passenger DEMU train, whereas the incident involved a goods train. Such selective editing and misrepresentation create unnecessary misinformation and undermine public trust,” the post continued. “Please verify facts before sharing or amplifying misleading content. The public is requested not to believe or circulate misleading content and to verify facts through official sources before sharing,” the post concluded. Check out the viral video: The post was shared on X (formerly Twitter), by the handle ‘PTI’. The post was shared today and pulled over 120K views from people.

VIDEO | Indore, Madhya Pradesh: A video showing the loco pilot of the Indore-Mhow DEMU train stopping reportedly to buy samosas from a shop beside the tracks has surfaced.Railways has ordered a probe after the video, which allegedly shows the train being halted for samosas,… pic.twitter.com/RX5HGS3uus

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