JABALPUR: Time and tide wait for none. Sometimes, not even a smartwatch. This is the lesson a passenger at Jabalpur station learned the hard way last week when his online samosa payment stalled and his train began chugging out.The passenger handed over his watch when a vendor allegedly grabbed his collar, threatening him and demanding payment for the snack and some other food items worth around Rs 180.The customer had got off a passing train briefly at Jabalpur to buy food on Oct 17. A viral video shows the vendor turning violent even as others look on. Realising he would miss his train, the passenger is seen quickly removing his smartwatch and handing it to the vendor before scampering to board his moving train. After the clip floated around, the vendor was booked under Section 145 of Railways Act, which pertains to “disorderly conduct and causing nuisance”. Police said he had been warned against repeating such misbehaviour.The episode unfolded on Platform no. 5. The passenger attempted to make the digital payment by scanning a QR code but the transaction failed. As the train began to move, he tried leaving, triggering the fracas with the vendor attached to Kanchan Restaurant on the platform.After the clip surfaced on social media, RPF took suo motu cognisance of a complaint posted on Twitter and summoned the vendor for questioning on Oct 18.
