Man held in Bengal after footage of his horse travelling in crowded practice goes viral

By PTI

KOLKATA: Viral footage on social media of a horse having fun with a experience in a packed native practice has landed its proprietor in hassle with the RPF arresting him for offences below the Railway Act, an official mentioned right here on Saturday.

Gafoor Ali Mollah, a 40-year-old man, had determined to present his horse a practice experience from Dakshin Durgapur to Netra, a distance of 23 km, as a substitute of trudging again dwelling after a tiring race that the stallion had participated in.

After the photographs of the horse standing amongst passengers in a vendor compartment of an EMU native practice on Thursday grew to become viral, RPF authorities situated its proprietor at his Netra dwelling and arrested him on Friday with the assistance of the native police.

“He has been booked under various sections of the Railway Act for creating nuisance in railway property and unauthorised occupation in a train,” Eastern Railway spokesperson Ekalabya Chakraborty mentioned, including that animals can’t be travelling in passenger compartments and a separate wagon must be booked for the aim.

Chakraborty additionally mentioned that the 40-year-old-man and his horse had boarded the practice within the night, when extra consideration is paid to girls’s safety within the compartments.