Passengers of Samastipur-Saharsa express were stranded at Hasanpur railway station for 90 minutes as the pilot of the engine left train for a bottle of liquor.
The 05278 Samastipur-Saharsa train had reached Hasanpur railway station on its schedule on Monday evening.When train arrived at the platform,loco pilot,Karmbir Yadav,told his colleague he would return soon after consuming tea from a neighbouring tea stall.
However, he consumed liquor at the tea stall in Hasanpur bazar and started quarelling with other customers. Local police reached at the tea stall and arrested Yadav. He was handed over to the Government Railway police and later forwarded to the judicial magistrate court.
On request of the station manager, Manoj Kumar Chaudhry,a co-pilot, Rishiraj Kumar, who was on leave agreed to pilot the train to its destination.
Train passengers remained stranded for over 90 minutes. Police recovered a liquor bottle from the arrested auto pilot.
There is total prohibition in Bihar since April 2016.
