Bhubaneswar: In a shocking incident, as
many as 24 television sets in the Railway station here showed
an obscene film for about 10 minutes for which one person was
arrested on Saturday, police said.
"The incident occurred at around 3.30 pm when obscene
video clippings ran for about 10 minutes in all TV sets
simultaneously at platforms, waiting rooms and reservation
counters," Baruna Behera, inspector of Railway Protection
Force (RPF) said adding that the television operator was
immediately arrested.
Asutosh Swain (21) of a private organisation, confessed to
the crime, the RPF inspector said adding that he uploaded
certain obscene scenes from his mobile phone to the main
channel of railway television server.
“The Railways have ordered an inquiry into the incident
and sealed the control room at the station from where a
private organisation was operating the television service,"
a senior official of the East Coast Railway Zone told agency.
Sources said the Railways had outsourced television
operation to a private organisation since last four months.
"The televisions in platform used to be very useful for the
passengers as it telecast news, information, train timings and
others. However, today's incident has come as a big shock for
all of us," the official said.
PTI
First Published: Saturday, January 14, 2012, 19:56