Getting famous on social media these days is not an easy task. People have to come up with unique stuff to get people's attention. To get fame on YouTube, a youth from Andhra placed random objects on a railway track to record the train going over them, to put it on the video streaming website.

Kongara Ramireddy, the accused, is reportedly a B Tech graduate from Chellore in Yerpedu mandal of Chittoor district. He recorded the videos in Chittoor district’s Renigunta railway junction limits.

He was arrested by the Railway Protection Force police on Sunday.

RPF Circle Inspector Heera Singh talking about the case reportedly said, “Ramireddy placed several objects like vegetables, fruits, pieces of chicken, toys, crackers, cycle chain, and even a bike and a gas cylinder on the railway tracks near his house. He then recorded videos of them getting smashed by oncoming trains, before editing the videos and uploading them on his YouTube channel. He did this with the intention of gaining more viewers.”

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Ramireddy had reportedly uploaded 47 videos on his YouTube channel of which 43 involved dangerous acts, police said.

The CI said that even after receiving complaints of such dangerous acts, they were not able to track the accused, but thanks to social media they saw his videos and tracked him down. He reportedly said, “As the videos went viral on social media, we managed to find evidence. In one of the videos, the accused had placed a bike on the track. We were able to arrest him by using the license plate number of the bike.”

Apparently, Ramireddy had taken the bike off the tracks before any train approached.