Overview
- The widely shared clip shows young men placing wooden logs and concrete bars on tracks before exclaiming “Vande Bharat rukwa diye” as the train slows and stops.
- A police constable seen in the video approaches the group, who tell him they were filming a video rather than trying to board the train.
- Users on X tagged the Railway Ministry, the RPF and Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, with some urging arrests and even extraordinary measures such as NSA or UAPA.
- Reports highlight Section 150 of the Railways Act, which criminalises obstructing tracks and can carry sentences up to life imprisonment, with minimum terms for first offenders.
- Multiple outlets state they cannot independently verify the clip’s details, and no reports have confirmed arrests or formal charges at this time.