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One of the unreal scenes that you would ever thought to see with Indian Railways is seizer of a train. The scene took place at Harihar railway station when Hubli-Mysore intercity was seized by the order of civil court in a land dispute between farmers and railway.

The train was stuck for more than two hours when Harihar City civil court ordered railway for Rs 37 lakh compensation to two farmers – Mallesh and Shivkumar whose lands were acquired by the railway 15 years back to lay Harihar-Kottur railway line.

The railway department was ordered by the court to pay the compensation immediately or to give an undertaking towards the same.

In the middle of all the drama, passengers suffered the most as train was left stranding for more than two hours before the railway officials gave an undertaking to pay the compensation of Rs 37 lakhs to the farmers.