Mysuru: A City Consumer Court has ordered the Indian Railways to pay Rs. 37,000 as compensation to a family who faced a 33-hour ordeal of travelling standing inside a train for 1,950 kilometres as their reserved berths were illegally occupied by other travellers. Interestingly, the complainant himself argued his case in the Court.
The three family members had valid tickets worth Rs.740 each and the tickets were booked in Mysuru City Railway Station and the total value of the tickets is Rs. 2,220. The journey on May 25, 2017 in the sleeper class of the Jaipur-Mysore Superfast Express (Train No.12976) from Ujjain was a nightmarish one for Vijesh, a resident of Satyamarg Main, behind ICICI Bank Lane, Siddartha Layout and two of his family members.
