[Resolved]  Indian Railways — Sale of seats by touts and goodaism.

Last Friday whilst boarding the Ferozepur Janata train from Mumbai Central, i was surprised that the entire non-reservation compartments were occupied by touts/goondas directly from the yard. They sold the seats at Rs.20 to Rs.30/- per seat and misbehehaved and roughly handled, physically and verbally abused the people who refused to pay. Not a single person was spared including a old woman and a pregnant one. All this whilst members of the Railway police force looked on as silent spectators. Is this the India we dream of where a decent train seat would also be have to paid for to goondas??? It seems this is a very common method of extortion and will grow worse during the vacation period. The rail ministry-Mr. Lalu Prasad- and all those concerned should act on this with immediate effect before things get out of hand and some poor fellow has to suffer or loose his life.