The scene: Andheri station on a busy Monday afternoon. There is a large unattended sack near platform number one. A large number of commuters just ignore the sack and walk away. Not wanting anyone to die, I find a ticker-checker near the station master's office and alert him. He comes with me to the platform and sees the sack and says, he'll deal with it. When I ask if he will inform the railway police, he answers in the affirmative but doesn't seem to bother...
I find a lazy railway policeman who seems irritated that he has to get up from his comfortable seat and I accompany him to the platform. We ask 2 people now on the platform if the sack belongs to them. They both deny it and then someone comes and claims it. When the policeman questions him, the man laughs and says he was there all the time. A mild scold from the policeman and it's all over.
Now I know how easy it is for someone to plant something in the platform and get away with it. You have a bunch of people who would not give a damn until they get blown to pieces by a bomb and even worse, a set of railway and police employees who share that apathy! Some people and some cities will never learn
I find a lazy railway policeman who seems irritated that he has to get up from his comfortable seat and I accompany him to the platform. We ask 2 people now on the platform if the sack belongs to them. They both deny it and then someone comes and claims it. When the policeman questions him, the man laughs and says he was there all the time. A mild scold from the policeman and it's all over.
Now I know how easy it is for someone to plant something in the platform and get away with it. You have a bunch of people who would not give a damn until they get blown to pieces by a bomb and even worse, a set of railway and police employees who share that apathy! Some people and some cities will never learn
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