Uttar Pradesh: Train passenger allotted seats that do not exist

In a bizarre incident, a passenger who boarded a train from Lucknow to Varanasi found that he had been allotted a seat that did not exist.

Vijay Kumar Shukla, who was travelling with his brother on Monday, was allotted seat numbers 74 and 75 in the C1 coach of the 14204 Lucknow-Varanasi Intercity Express.

He boarded the train to realise that there were only 73 seats in his coach. He had booked the tickets online through IRCTC.

“A travelling ticket examiner (TTE) told us that such instances are common and that he has complained about the goof-up in ticket bookings to the department concerned and higher officials.