A woman, 34, from Uttar Pradesh was arrested after creating a chaos in Telangana’s Ranga Reddy district, which led to the diversion of at least 15 trains. The woman drove her car onto a railway track in an inebriated state near Shankarpally. In the viral video, the woman can be seen driving a Kia Sonet directly along the railway tracks. Another video shows residents, police officers, and railway staff attempting to stop the vehicle and remove her from the car. In a third clip, after the crowd successfully pulls her out and ties her hands, she is heard shouting in Hindi, “Open my hands!” Watch here: Please Take immediate action. Someone is driving a car on railway track between Lingampally and vikarabad junction @RPF_INDIA @SCRailwayIndia @AshwiniVaishnaw @RailwaySeva pic.twitter.com/U30UEcCtUF — శిరీష్ (@Shireesh__) June 26, 2025 Soon after the video came to light, Railway Seva urged the user to share details to enable immediate action. According to a report in NDTV, the woman is believed to be mentally unstable. Chandana Deepti, Superintendent of Police (SP) for the Railway Police, said, “A preliminary probe into the matter revealed she worked with a multi-national company until recently. She is from Uttar Pradesh.” “We have recorded her driving licence and PAN card from the vehicle,” Deepti said. The report further stated that the authorities are exploring the possibility that the woman may have attempted to die by suicide and frame the incident as her murder. As a safety measure, railway authorities said at least 10 to 15 passenger trains, including a Bengaluru-Hyderabad service, had to be diverted. In a similar incident that occurred in 2023 in Kerala’s Kannur, a 49-year-old man mistakenly drove 15 metres along railway tracks while being under the influence. Meanwhile, a 21-year-old man was arrested for filming a dangerous stunt on railway tracks in Rajasthan. In the video recovered by the police, the man was seen lying on the railway tracks as a train passed over him.
