Mumbai local train stunts

Mumbai local train stunts

Contrary to the complaint lodged, the Dadar railway police on Friday revealed that the two college students who had died near Kurla on February 8 were killed while performing stunts on a running local train.
Friends of the deceased had earlier lodged a complaint with the Dadar railway police, stating that one of the duo was thrown out of the running train when an unidentified commuter kicked him in the abdomen.The other died at a hospital in Kurla. Mumbai railway police commissioner TA Chavan said that the friends also gave misleading information to their parents, fearing that they would be scolded.
The incident took place on February 8 around 8.20pm. They had boarded a train for Kurla. The deceased were identified as Salman Khan, 17, who died at Bhabha Hospital in Kurla, and Farooq Shah, 22, who succumbed to his injuries at Sion Hospital.
To verify the allegation made by their friend Farhan Ansari, 17, the railway police questioned 18 witnesses, including commuters and railway workers who had helped shift Shah to Sion Hospital.
Investigations revealed that that both kicked each other as part of a stunt. Shah lost his balance after kicking Khan and fell out of the train near Matunga.Khan also received a kick in the abdomen. He was admitted to Bhabha Hospital and died on February 9, said senior police inspector Shivaji Shinde of the Dadar railway police.