Overview
- A viral video shows the vendor grabbing a passenger by the collar as his train departs, leading the passenger to hand over his smartwatch to get back on board.
- The confrontation followed a failed PhonePe/UPI payment for samosas on October 17 at Jabalpur station’s Platform No. 5.
- The Railway Protection Force registered a case under the Railways Act and detained the vendor, identified by officials as Sandeep Gupta.
- West Central Railway stated that licence cancellation steps have begun and that the watch was later returned.
- Officials linked the seller to a platform contractor, with inquiries ongoing as the episode intensifies concerns over station safety and digital-payment disputes.