On Tuesday, Nagpur Raliway Station witnessed the incident of ticket snatching and taking away the cancellation charges, leaving the family in the lurch for hours. Manish Purohit was travelling to Jaisalmer with his wife and paralysed mother-in-law. The person had booked 2AC tickets for train 20813. He had a waiting list ticket for the train.
A person in a white T-shirt with a South accent fled and stole the ticket. The person reached the Itwari railway station even before the victim could lodge the complaint. He got the ticket cancelled and took Rs.7020 against the cancellation.
Purohit tried hard to get the PNR blocked but was unable to do so, as he had visited different departments before that. The FIR was lodged late evening after the interference station Director into the matter.