Horrible state of AC first class travel
I was told that this is regular affair and nobody bothered to check.
Through this post I appeal to the Railway Minister to order a surprise inspection and ascertain the facts.
Will he do this? more
The situation in IInd AC, 3rd AC and sleeper class is even worse where these unreserved passengers even share the berths of reserved people and will even not hesitate to threated you with personal harm in case you confront them.
Worse is even railway staff (who are commuting from home to office or vice versa) would travel in reserved compartments and on questioning will coolly say that they are the staff and nobody will take any action against them.
The railways should simply abolish the concept of reserved compartments and make all the compartments as general. That way the passengers would know what they are getting into and railways can increase their revenue as they can load as many passengers into the compartments as can fit. more