In a chilling incident which has come to light from a passenger train in North India, a local man was spotted walking into an extremely crowded general compartment with an Indian cobra, which is known for being poisonous in nature. A travel influencer from Kerala named named Aswin recorded the incident on camera and narrated the ordeal.

Aswin uploaded an Instagram reel which showed him coming across the man who walked into the coach which the venomous snake, trying to scare people and attract money from them. The man was seen taking the snake close to passengers, leaving them petrified. In case of those asleep during the travel, the person tried initially waking them up to point the cobra at them.

"I was just about to fall asleep when this happened. It truly scared me", said the influencer in his video while sharing the visuals from the coach.

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The video opened by Aswin telling people about what he witnessed after boarding into the general coach of a long-distance train in North India. He noted that we might have heard many unpleasant things about travelling on the unreserved coach of the public transport, but experiencing one such incident during his recent travel, personally, was scary.

"Although I have heard of a journey in the general compartment being scary, I was not expecting anything like this. You will probably not believe what I am saying, but a man simply threw a 'Murkkan Pambbu' (an Indian Cobra) on me", Aswin said.

Further into the video, he pointed out through his observation that the snake was neutralised of its poisonous teeth, thus posing as a threat to passengers.

"Initially, I thought he would be 'pambatti' or people from the community who take care of snakes but, then I was told that they were locals", he added while claiming that they aren't afraid of legal consequences for causing inconvenience on the Indian railway coach. He suggested the police or law enforcement does not take action against them, which allowed them to freely walk into the train coach and scare people.

Netizens react as video goes viral

This video has gone viral on social media and attracted one million view within 24 hours of being uploaded by the travel influencer. A few X users too forwarded the video online and slammed the incident.

Tagging the Rail Ministry and drawing their attention into what Aswin and other passengers on board went through, one of the Instagram users wrote, "If u can't provide safety for The passengers who trravelling by paying you, then please resign this job and go somewhere else". "Norrh India is not for beginners", commented another.

While few others too shared similar experiences, there were some netizens who disagreed to the plight of general compartment, especially on routes connecting North India, and wrote, "20 years I am going to UP via train and never witnessed such incident Can’t say of general compartment but that’s open that Indian railways is in poor condition last few years".