Desk: Indian players Kuldeep Yadav and Dev Meena were removed from the train by TTE. This incident took place at Panvel Railway Station, where these two players were not deboarded the train with tickets. Rather, the reason for being removed was their sports equipment. Kuldeep Yadav and Dev Meena both represent India in men’s pole vault. Dev Meena is India’s national record holder in pole vault while Kuldeep Yadav is also one of the top pole vaulters of the country. But, what the Railways did to these two Indian players is condemnable. Now a controversy has arisen regarding it.

Both the pole vaulters of India were going from Mangalore to Bhopal to participate in the All India Inter-University Championship. Both of them had also kept a pole with them during the journey. When the TTE who came to check tickets at Panvel station saw the pole with him, he asked him to get down from the train. Those two athletes were not only taken off the train but were also taken into custody and interrogated. This video of the incident that happened with Indian poll voters is now viral on social media.

The cost of the pole ranges up to Rs 2 lakh. Kuldeep Yadav and Dev Meena told that they tried hard to explain to TTE how important that poll was for them. But he was not ready to understand. Both Kuldeep and Meena players accused TTE of harassing them. He told that not only was he taken off the train but he was also detained and interrogated. According to him, he was stuck at Panvel railway station for about 5 hours.