BMRCL rule violation: Namma Metro passenger fined Rs 500 for eating food inside coach

Bengaluru: A Namma Metro passenger was imposed with a Rs 500 penalty for eating food inside the coach in violation of the BMRCL rules.

A complaint in this regard was lodged against the passenger at Jayanagar Police Station. The said passenger regularly commutes in the Metro between Jayanagar and Sampige Road station. It is gathered that his friends pointed out that eating food inside the metro would attract a penalty. He however ignored their advice and ate his food. Another passenger recorded a video of the same and brought it to the attention of the authorities.

In yet another instance, a case has been registered at Govindaraja Nagar police station against a person for pulling pranks on the Metro. The person known as Prank Prajju posts his videos online.

Recently he had boarded the Metro from Vijayanagar station along with his three friends. He was doing pull-ups by holding the handle of the carriage while his friends recorded the act and posted it on social media.

The complaint mentions that the police must summon him to the station and advise him against pulling stunts in the future.

Prajju had in another instance pulled a prank by fainting inside a moving metro train. Similarly in another video, he pranks an elderly woman on the escalator thus scaring her.

It is learnt that BMRCL officials are gathering information about the prankster.