Yamraj, Chitragupta Awareness Campaign Leads to Elderly Man's Detention in Bardhaman

• An awareness campaign featuring actors dressed as Yamraj and Chitragupta was held at Kalna Gate, Bardhaman, to deter people from crossing closed railway tracks.
• Naveen Chandra Das, an elderly resident, was detained by railway police after he confronted the 'deities' about the poor condition of an alternative underpass.
• Das highlighted that a nearby tunnel, meant for safe crossing, is unusable due to water and garbage, forcing people to risk crossing the tracks.
• He also pointed out that promises of an overbridge have gone unfulfilled for 40 years, causing inconvenience to residents.
• Railway police detained Das for crossing a closed railway line, but he was later released, sparking questions about addressing root causes of unsafe crossings.