Girl forgets documents at home, neighbours and rlys' timely help saves academic year
Riddhi's BA LLB admission MNLU was almost jeopardised by a goof-up. On Wednesday, Riddhi got a slot for admission at MNLU. She boarded the Nagpur-Mumbai Duronto express from Nagpur railway station on Tuesday with her mother, Pallavi, a junior college principal. It was on the train that the mother and daughter realised that the briefcase containing Riddhi's academic documents and credentials — crucial for admission — was missing from among their luggage and had forgotten it at home.
The distressed duo then approached chief ticketing inspector Yogesh Deshmukh for help. Adding to their woes, the duo was unable to recall whether the suitcase was left behind on the platform or at home. They requested Deshmukh to confirm if there was any suitcase left behind on the platform.
Upon enquiring, Deshmukh said there was no unclaimed luggage on the platform. He requested the mother and daughter to remember where they kept the briefcase last.
The Wankhedes said about possibly having forgotten the suitcase just beside the locked residence door. Learning that the suitcase contained documents required on the last day of admission, Deshmukh suggested the Wankhedes ensure the suitcase was brought to the Nagpur railway station, from where he would try to get it ferried to Mumbai CST on a trailing train.
The entire episode was shared with senior divisional commercial manager, Central Railways, Aman Mittal.
It was Mittal who instructed Deshmukh to do the needful so that Riddhi's admission was not held up. In the meantime, Wankhede's neighbours, Naresh and Rupali Jhunghare, reached Nagpur station with the briefcase. Deshmukh contacted train superintendent Soumyajit Sarkar on the Howrah-Mumbai Duronto express, which was trailing the Nagpur-Mumbai Duronto express.
Sarkar was requested to collect the briefcase from Nagpur and bring it with him to Mumbai.
On Wednesday, Howrah-Mumbai Duronto staff handed over the briefcase to the Wankhedes in the presence of Deshmukh. "It was a great gesture, and because of Indian Railways' staff, a law student could seamlessly get admission," said a joyful Pallavi, adding that the Jhunghares played the role of responsible neighbours.
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