“Train’s Been Hijacked”: Man raises alert on Twitter, Railway tells him not to panic

New Delhi: A recent highjack alert on Twitter by a passenger travelling via Karnataka-Delhi train caused major agitation on the microblogging site on Sunday. Though, the Indian Railways was quick to take notice of the matter and ask the complainant not to panic.

Further, the reason cited by the Railways cracked up Twitteratis who were worried and in dismay of a train being hijacked, with several filling up the comment section with hilarious jokes and memes.

Here’s what happened: 

As the Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express took a diversion route between Majri Junction and Sitafal Mandi, an on-board passenger panicked since the train was not on its usual way and through that it has been hijacked.

In fright, the passenger named Krushna Ch Behera took to his Twitter handle to report the supposed hijacking incident and tagged the Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) of Secunderabad, and the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), asking them to help out.

“Dear @IRCTCofficial @drmsecunderabad train no-12650 has been hijacked please help!!!! #train hijacked #Help”, tweeted Behera.

The Indian Railways took no time to save Behera from distress and replied, “Sir, the work is going on between Kazipeta and Ballrasha and hence, the train was diverted his route through Hyderabad division . Don’t Panic”.

The train is not hijacked. Train is diverted. Don’t get panic

— rpfscr (@rpfscr) July 10, 2022

Sir, the work is going on between Kazipeta and Ballrasha and hence, the train was diverted his route through Hyderabad divsion . Don’t Panic.

— rpfscr (@rpfscr) July 10, 2022

Knowing that the train was only diverted due to repair work on its usual routes, Netizens declared the incident as the next meme material for days ahead.

While many flooded the comment section of RPF with hilarious memes, some users even asked the officials to take action against Behera for spreading false information.

Check some reactions here: 

Oh!!!! Really astonishing, how a train can be hijacked. Please don’t get panic. @RPF_INDIA is doing it’s best.

— Advocate P C SHARMA (@Adv_pcsharma) July 10, 2022

बड़े तेजस्वी लोग हैं??

— Sk singh (@Sumanku55178874) July 10, 2022

Don’t get panic buddy, our IR are one of the best in the world

— Prahlad Natchu (@pn170676) July 12, 2022

please book case against Krishooja for spreading rumor and causing panic in public? If he is not traveling in train, then complaint should be directed to cyber crime unit. Don’t let these people go free. He claimed hijacking its very serious matter

— Rizwan (@srizwan1110) July 10, 2022