‘50 Shades of Railways’: Netizens react as TV screen at Patna station plays porn clip for 3 minutes

Dutta Communication, the Kolkata-based agency responsible for relaying advertisements on the screens at the station, has been booked and blacklisted.

Blurred video clips of the incident have gone viral on Twitter.

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‘50 Shades of Railways’: Netizens react as TV screen at Patna station plays porn clip for 3 minutes

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In a major goof-up that embarrassed the public, TV screens installed at Bihar’s Patna railway station played a porn clip for three minutes around 9.30am on Sunday, according to reports.

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Blurred video clips of the incident have gone viral on Twitter. Passengers lodged a complaint with the Government Railway Police and the Railway Protection Force (RPF) about the incident.

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Porn Clip played on Patna Railway Station TV Screens.

Detail : The LED screens, instead of showing ads, displayed pornographic visuals for about 3 minutes at around 9:30 AM.

India Today Reports : Many of pic.twitter.com/e5PlhUsAfV

— Naren Mukherjee (@NMukherjee6) March 20, 2023

An FIR was registered against Dutta Communication, the agency responsible for relaying advertisements on television screens at the station. The Kolkata firm has been blacklisted by the Railway, which has also imposed a fine on the company and reportedly terminated its contract.

The hashtag PatnaJunction trended on Twitter as netizens expressed their shock over the development.
“Just saw #Patna Junction trending and thought it may be good news about the railway redevelopment project, unfortunately, it’s because porn was playing on a big TV screen,” a user tweeted.

Just saw #Patna Junction trending and thought it may be good news about the railway redevelopment project,

unfortunately, it’s because porn was playing on a big TV screen. #biharmebaharba #patnaJunction

— Abhijeet Singh (@Abkhush518) March 20, 2023

“#PatnaJunction Railway Station just got a new attraction: ‘50 Shades of Railways’. Don’t worry, it’s not an official upgrade, but it’s definitely causing a lot of commotion,” posted another.

#PatnaJunction Railway Station just got a new attraction: ’50 Shades of Railways’. Don’t worry, it’s not an official upgrade, but it’s definitely causing a lot of commotion. 🚂💻😱🙈🔞#Bihar pic.twitter.com/XdJDVk6jIC

— Rishu•Yadav!🇮🇳 (@RishuYadav09) March 20, 2023

“After Rajiv chowk in delhi few years ago, porn movie started playing on installed tv screen for advertisement and information at #PatnaJunction. A FIR has been registered against agency responsible for this shameful act,” wrote another netizen.

After Rajiv chowk in delhi few years ago, porn movie started playing on installed tv screen for advertisement and information at #PatnaJunction. A FIR has been registered against agency responsible for this shameful act. #Patna पटना जंक्शन pic.twitter.com/LjQTmUKtOB

— Prashant Ranjan (@pranjan21) March 20, 2023

After Porn movie accidently played on screen at #PatnaJunction

Le commuters be like:- pic.twitter.com/GOESx4zxR3

— Dhiren Patel (@DhirenP66827872) March 20, 2023

According to a report in The Times of India, a railway official in Danapur said that East Central Railway headquarters in Hajipur, also in Bihar, was informed of the incident. According to RPF inspector Sushil Kumar, the incident took place when the Danapur divisional railway manager Prabhat Kumar was entering the station for inspection.