Indian Railways — safety and security

Dear sir, sub: horrendous and unsafe train journey-reg. ref: pnr no: [protected] i had travelled from mumbai ltt railway station on 03.10.2019 to coimbatore by iii ac (Coach b2, lower birth number 57). When the journey got embarked at 10.32 p. M i noticed one domesticated cat covered by a piece of cloth kept by my fellow passenger (Middle birth number 58) on my seat near to the window. the fellow passenger who is the owner of that cat is basically from delhi who was temporarily carrying it from mumbai to bangalore. thereafter, the cat began to pass hither and thither, sometimes, through my trousers, my bed sheets, pillow and at other times the piece of board meant for taking food. As the feeding board was already occupied by the animal i was troubled much in taking food. Further, the foul smell emanating from the animal caused nausea while taking food. this situation got much worsened when the animal openly started urination and defecation inside a litter box maintained by the fellow passenger in the aisle. it continued to make sounds throughout the night. It jumped down and ran away to other coupe in the wee hours where an old lady had to aim this animal with her pillow in order to ward it off from any potential attack. as the hairs of the animal were scattered through out the bed sheets, blankets and pillow, i hesitated to take rest on my journey up to bangalore. There after, i spread a sheet of news paper on my birth in order to lie down as i was scared of lying down on bed sheets contaminated by the animal. the entire course of my journey from mumbai to bangalore was very uncomfortable and filled with inconvenience and disturbances. at this context, i strongly feel that the railways must take responsibility to devise a mechanism to scan any body while entering in to the compartments carrying animals or else to impound such animals with due punishment as it pave threat to the health and comfort of the passengers. at this juncture, i kindly request you to take necessary action in the matter. i look forward to hearing from you. thanking you, yours sincerely, dr. Sunith kumar, puthur kalam, palakkad, kerala-678 551, ph: [protected]