Rail services hit in Bengal as vagabond climbs height bar

Kolkata, Dec 1 (IANS) There was much tension, anxiety and drama after a vagabond climbed a railway height bar in the suburban Patipukur station of Eastern Railway, disrupting train service, police said on Sunday.The youth went atop the height bar at around 9 p.m. on Saturday and refused to come down despite pleas from the locals.Railway GRP and RPF rushed in, while top railway officials also reached the spot and ordered a power block, leaving several long distance and goods trains stranded.When fire brigade personnel arrived at the spot, they also initially failed to bring the man down.Finally, after a nine-hour drama, the fire brigade personnel brought in a tower van and used ladders to reach the vagabond.After unsuccessful efforts to make him see reason, two firemen used force to bring him down in the wee hours of Sunday.
--IANS ssp/arm