Sonu Sood on Railways' tweet for his train video: 'Just sat to see how those poor people feel...'

Sonu Sood sought apology for posting his video while sitting on a train's footboard but he also talked about the arrangements of the railways, and how 'poor people feel' in the trains.

A day after the official Twitter handle of Northern Railways requested him to not set bad examples by travelling on a train's footboard and posting a video of himself doing that, actor Sonu Sood has responded. While his tweet sought apology, he also seemed to take a dig at the railways. ()

Sonu Sood responds to the tweet from Northern Railways on his video. (PTI)

Sonu wrote in his tweet, “Shamaprarthi. Bus yun hi baith gaya tha dekhne kaisa mehsoos karte honge wo laakhon gareeb jinki zindagi abhi bhi train ke darwazon par guzarti hai. Dhanyawad is sandesh ke liye aur desh ki rail vyawastha ko behtar banane ke liye (I seek apology. I just sat there to understand how those lakhs of poor people feel who spend their lives on the doors of trains. Thank you for this message, and for making the arrangements at railways better).”

Re-sharing a video that Sonu had posted showing himself looking out of a running train while he sat near the door, the tweet from Northern Railways said, "Dear, @SonuSood, You are a role model for millions of people in the country and the world. Travelling on train steps is dangerous, and this type of video may send the wrong message to your fans. Please do not do this! Enjoy a smooth and safe journey."

Sonu was most recently seen in the role of a court poet in Dr Chandrapraksh Dwivedi's historical drama, Prithviraj, that features Akshay Kumar and Manushi Chillar in lead roles. Next up, he has thew Tamil film Thamilarasan in the pipeline. He is also set to make his writing debut with Hindi film, Fateh.