Tausif Shaikh was kicked off a local train compartment by a co-passenger following a row
Mumbai: A 24-year-old carpenter from Nalasopara, Tausif Shaikh, suffered serious injuries after being kicked off a moving local train by a co-passenger following a heated argument over blocking the general coach door on Tuesday night. Government Railway Police (GRP) have arrested the accused, Nalasopara resident Rahul Kumar Pandey (30), on charge of attempt to commit murder. The incident comes less than a week after a 63-year-old amputee, Cajetan Pires, was pushed off the handicapped coach of a local train by a co-passenger following a row over seats and died. Three murders have been reported on Western Railway suburban trains this year so far, involving co-passengers and travel-related disputes. * August 20: A 63-year-old amputee, Cajetan Pires, was allegedly pushed off the handicapped coach of a local train between Mahim and Bandra stations by an able-bodied commuter, Amjad Shaikh. Shaikh was handed over to the police when the train reached Bandra station * June 23: A 21-year-old employee of a clothing retail outlet, Mayank Lohar, was allegedly murdered by a co-traveller, Roshan Suvarna, over a fight about keeping the compartment door open amid heavy rain. The knife was found by a restaurant staffer in a lane outside Borivli station * January 24: A college teacher, Alok Kumar Singh, was allegedly murdered by a co-traveller, Omkar Shinde, over a trivial argument about alighting at Malad station.
Pires had asked Shaikh to vacate a seat as he did not have a disability, but Shaikh refused to do so. Co-passengers intervened and offered to give up a seat, but to no avail. Lohar was stabbed three times and the compartment was soaked with blood. Suvarna hopped off the train at Borivli and escaped. He was arrested the next day from Panvel. Singh was travelling with a colleague and was standing near the door of the compartment. Shinde pierced him with a pair of tweezers, causing severe internal bleeding While alighting. Shinde was arrested the next day and the tweezers were recovered from Malad station
Around 1.30am, someone answered my call and said he was in hospital.
“I kept calling my son the entire night wondering why he hadn’t come home,” his mother told TOI . When Shaikh did not reach home, his family panicked. “I did not know that he was seriously injured and his phone was damaged. We rushed there.”
An injured Shaikh stumbled over to Borivli station, according to the FIR. There, GRP officials took him to the emergency medical room where he was given first aid. By then Ali brought Pandey to the GRP chowky, where he was placed under arrest. Shaikh was taken to Babasaheb Ambedkar Hospital in Kandivli for treatment.