Video: How driver stops train to buy Kachori to satisfy his gastronomical craving

Love for Kachori prompted a loco-pilot to stop a train to buy snacks in Rajasthan’s Alwar district.

In the video going viral, a man is seen waiting near the tracks. The video then shows the train stopping as he hands over a package to a person inside the locomotive.

Then quite nonchalantly, the loco pilot blows the engine’s horn, and the train leaves, while scores of vehicles are seen waiting on the other side of the railway gate.

As the video went viral and invited the wrath of people online, Dainik Bhaskar reported that it wasn’t an isolated incident. “A similar sight is seen every day around 8 am at the Daudpur gate of Alwar. As soon as the horn is sounded, the rail gate closes for a while. People wait on both sides until the loco pilot takes forward the engine with the kachori,” the Hindi newspaper said in the report.

However, as the video got wider attention, the Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) of Jaipur launched an investigation into the matter. DRM Narendra Kumar said five railway employees — two loco-pilots, two gatemen, and an instructor — have been suspended. “Final action will be taken on completion of further investigation,” the report added.