After a snake was found slithering around in the Jan Shatabdi Express train on Wednesday, investigation by railway authorities say that there is a possible involvement of an outsider in releasing the snake inside the train. 

The snake was found in the above train which runs between Bhopal’s Rani Kamlapati station and Jabalpur. 

This prompted the Railways to launch a probe.Enquiry revealed that the snake was found in the Jan Shatabdi Express two days back and the matter is still being probed, West Central Railway Chief Public Relations Officer Harshit Shrivastava confirmed today. 

The Railway Protection Force is investigating the matter from various angles, including possible involvement of an outsider in releasing the snake inside the train, he said. 

Shrivastava said the entire area where the train is cleaned has been sanitized and persons working there have been put on alert.