Itarsi: March 25, a shocking case of extreme violence over a petty issue came up, when a man was tied to a train's window and beaten up by three men after he drank water from their bottle. The incident occurred when a youth named Sumit boarded Patna-Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Superfast Express at Jabalpur at around 11 pm.

Reportedly, Sumit drank two gulps of water from the bottle without taking permission from the three accused youth. and this enraged them so much that they assaulted him. Not satisfied, they pulled the emergency stop chain to bring the train to a grinding halt and dragged Sumit out and tied him to a window.

Totally unaware of the incident, the loko pilot released the brakes and started the train again non stop for four hours before it halted at Itarsi, the present public on platform shocked with seeing such horrified incident. but this is not the end of the story the accused youth also jumped out of the train and started hitting Sumit with their belts. His cries of mercy not melting their hearts.

Fortunately, the assembled crowd intervened and saved Sumit. The Railway Protection Force (RPF) has filed an FIR against them and on strike to take legal action toward the three acused.