TTE helps in recovering the bag of a WT traveler

It was a sultry Saturday afternoon and as usual I was commuting by a 9 car DC EMU from Dombivali to CSTM to do an afternoon shift in office. I was travelling in the Kalyan End First Class. The journey was monotonous as usual, until a TTE made his presence felt in the compartment. I think he boarded at Mulund and soon managed to catch a second class ticket holder in the corridor itself. As soon as we reached Bhandup, the offender was made to get down from the train along with the TTE and he was asked to shell out money for the offence. All of us inside the compartment were interested in seeing the action outside. As the EMU made its way out of Bhandup station, Someone noticed that a bag was lying in the corridor and after a few curious glances at each other, we arrived at a conclusion that the offender had actually forgot to take his Bag while alighting at Bhandup.

As we reached Vikhroli, someone from our compartment screamed out to the RPF on the platform No 1 to bring this to his notice, but as we had halted only for a few seconds, nothing could be done and the RPF reciprocated saying that he will inform RPF at Sion to collect it. As we reached Ghatkopar, all eyes were looking out for men in Khaki, but no one was visible, same thing followed at Vidyavihar. A few restless commuters tried calling up Railways Protection Force’s Emergency line 022-22620800, but in vain. I could see a few even trying the CR SMS facility. As we reached Kurla, another TTE walked straight into the compartment and took the bag which was still lying in the corridor after a confirmation with the fellow commuters that this was the bag which was left by the offender. He informed us that he was a TTE himself and was instructed by his colleague to collect the lost bag.
Everyone heaved a sigh of relief and our journey continued………(though no RPF turned up at Sion for the bag)