A city freelance photographer has unwittingly focussed his attention on a major menace plaguing local train commuters in Mumbai. The problem is that of people stretching their legs with footwear on seats on the opposite side.
๐ฃ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐
On Wednesday, Prashant Waydande, 42, boarded a slow train at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus at 11.30pm, and found a young man and woman occupying the opposite seat with their feet on it.
Waydande told the Free Press Journal, โI live in Powai and alight at Kanjurmarg station. When I boarded the train, I found that most of the window seats were taken. I found that a young man and his female friend had kept their feet with their shoes on the opposite seats.โ
๐จ๐ป๐ฟ๐๐น๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด '๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ '
He said he requested them to remove their feet, which they did after giving him dirty looks. The photographer wiped the seats clean and sat down. โSoon, they got up and sat on a seat behind me and again put their feet on the opposite seats. I requested them again to be civil and started video shooting them with my mobile phone. They threatened me saying they are lawyers. I refused to be cowed down. They threatened me with dire consequences. I dialled the city police emergency number 100 for help but was directed to contact the railway police on 1512,โ said Waydande.
The photographer then complained to the railway police and that is when the woman lunged towards him and tried to snatch his phone. He somehow managed to retain the phone. โBy then the train had reached Dadar and both of them jumped out. The man showed his middle finger to me,โ said Waydande.
๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
The Free Press Journal called up Railway Police Chief Ravindra Sisve and requested him to track down and punish the couple. He promised to do so after watching the video. The FPJ has extended its full support to Waydande in his fight against boorish commuters.
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