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Railway authorities are playing with commuter safety

Following incident describes how Railway police are playing with the safety of the passengers: Today (14-01-2005) I was traveling with my fellow passengers from Vasai Road station to Churchgate in western Railway train which starts from Vasai Road at 7.18 A.M.We fellow passengers noticed 4 suspicious looking unclaimed plastic bags on the luggage racks above our heads. As an informed and responsible citizen I went to the motorman of the train (Name unknown) and informed him about those unclaimed bags, He came and saw the bags and promised us to call Railway Police from Vasai Road Railway police station. After that 20 minutes the train was standing on Vasai Road Platform but no one turned up either from Railway’s side or from Railway Police side. Train started from Vasai and we felt uncomfortable with those mysterious bags as anything could have been in those. Hence from my mobile,I dialed 100 in order to get help from police control room.The call was routed to Ulhas Nagar control r...