Honable Railway Minister Ms Mamta Banerjee,
I, Madhu Shukla was travelling with my family (8 members), by Kalka Mail (12311) AC 2 Tier, PNR no. 6349260695, 6447174174 on 24/01 boarded from Howrah to Allahabad.
On the train's sheduled stop at Dhanbad station at around 11.45 pm, I woke up by a sudden noise to find my Laptop bag containing; Compaq laptop (value Rs 45, 000.00 on purchase), Tata Photon (value Rs 1, 400) & cell phone charger (value Rs 1, 000), being stolen from the overhead rack by a tall hindi speaking man, who then rushed to the compartment door of the opposite side of the plaform. I rushed behind him calling him out, found him opening the door & tried to retrive my laptop bag from him. He snatched it back, hit my left hand with a pistol and jumped on the tracks threatning to kill me.
There was no RPF/ police force or attendant present to address the situation and the connecting gates to other compartments was also open. My call for help woke up the other passengers but the train had already started leaving the platform by then. On my family's call for help, the attendant with the COR Mr. Md. Sallaudin came and made me write a complaint & also register an FIR.
Madam, I being a woman entrepreneur of a small scale enterprise, had all my work data and details of on-going projects stored on the laptop. This theft has been a huge blow to me both personally and professionally and I feel helpless as neither my laptop nor my valuable data can be retrived. I feel cheated as I have always been travelling by AC 2 tier so as to ensure personal safety & safety of my belongings. I was under the false impression that security forces in AC 2 tier would avoid life threatning situtations & theft of this kind. This incident has left me scared for my life while travelling by rail and work while travelling now seems impossible.
Thanks & Regards,
Madhu Shukla
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