# Dead viper found on Bengaluru-bound Vande Bharat seat 2026-08-16T07:16:49+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Passengers on the Ernakulam, KSR Bengaluru Vande Bharat Express panicked on Friday after a dead viper was found lying on a seat inside the C6 coach. The snake was spotted around 2.30pm, shortly before the train departed from Kerala, when a woman passenger returned to her seat from the washroom. Fellow travellers alerted the travelling ticket examiner and other railway staff, who removed the reptile with help from passengers. A passenger later filed a complaint through the RailMadad portal. South Western Railway officials did not comment on the incident despite attempts by Times of India. The discovery has raised questions about pest-control and safety protocols on Vande Bharat trains, which are fully air-conditioned with sealed gangways and automated doors. Railway authorities have not determined how the viper entered the coach. This is not the first instance of a snake on a Vande Bharat; in December 2025, a passenger was accused of deliberately placing a snake on a Mumbai-Solapur service. ## Coverage - timesofindia.indiatimes.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Bengaluru, Ernakulam, Indian Railways, South Western Railway, Vande Bharat Express Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/dead-viper-found-on-bengaluru-bound-vande-bharat-seat/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/dead-viper-found-on-bengaluru-bound-vande-bharat-seat/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/