Andhra Pradesh: A ‘cigarette’ created ruckus in the Vande Bharat train, smoke spread in the coach, passengers fled by breaking the glass
The Vande Bharat Express train always remains a part of the headlines, sometimes for colliding with cattle and sometimes for some other reason. Now once again the discussion of this train has started and this time the incident which has come to the fore is quite astonishing. There is no dearth of cigarette and beedi seekers in this world. People who drink them will be found in every corner of the world. But what if a cigarette causes chaos in the train and people start breaking the windows to get out? Yes, something similar has happened in the Vande Bharat Express train going from Tirupati to Secunderabad.
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The Vande Bharat train was going from Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh to Secunderabad. The train had crossed Gudur and the destination was about 8 hours away. All the passengers were traveling comfortably in the train. Then a passenger felt the urge for a cigarette. People should not have any objection, so he quietly went to the toilet of the train and started smoking there. As soon as the cigarette smoke spread, the fire alarm started ringing immediately. After which the automatic fire extinguisher started working and aerosol started spraying in the entire coach.
Panic spread among passengers
Due to ringing of the fire alarm, panic spread among the passengers and there was a stir in the whole train. People started running here and there to save their lives. The person who received the cigarette did not know that there were fire alarms in the train. It is also being said that the person was traveling in the train without a ticket, so he was hiding in the toilet.
When the railway police came to know about this incident, they immediately took the person into custody. The accused passenger was detained by the police in Nellore. When the whole matter cooled down, then the train was dispatched. Some videos of this incident are also going viral on social media, in which one can see the scene of chaos in the train.
