BENGALURU: In a shocking incident that exposed the lack of safety of passengers inside trains, an unknown individual managed to steal the luggage of a top woman railway officer of the Bengaluru Division and her co-passenger on board the Rani Chennamma Express recently. They were travelling in a cabin of the AC first class compartment. Sources stated that the stolen luggage of the Additional Divisional Railway Manager (ADRM), Kusuma Hariprasad, contained department files as well.
They had boarded the train from KSR Bengaluru on January 24 at 11pm and their seats were in a cabin with four berths in H1 coach. It was when they were about to alight at Hubballi the next day at 5.20 am, that they realised their belongings were missing.