India, March 13 -- An Indian Railways passenger was in for a shock when his AC tier ticket came with a few uninvited co-passengers. Prashant Kumar who was travelling on the South Bihar Express said he paid over Rs.3,000 for a comfortable journey in an 2nd tier AC coach.

But he was soon greeted with unexpected co-passengers, a group of mice running around the whole coach, even invading his bed. Even though he immediately reported the issue to the railways helpline at 139, the staff onboard responded by spraying insecticide which did nothing to deter the vermin and left him dealing with the smell of the spray along the mice.

Kumar took to Twitter and tagged the Railway Ministry and Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in a post, sharing videos of th...