Mumbai Local Train Runs Over Four Near Masjid Bandar Station, Two Deaths Confirmed

Two people lost their lives after four people were run over by a suburban train near Masjid Bandar railway station in south Mumbai on Thursday, according to an NDTV Marathi report. A 51-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman have been confirmed dead.

The incident took place around 7 p.m., just some time after the suburban train service on Central Railway was disrupted due to a flash strike by employees' unions over an FIR registered against two engineers in the June 9 Mumbra accident case.

The Mumbra incident, in which four persons died, occurred on June 9 when two trains, one headed to Kasara and the other towards Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, were passing each other at a sharp curve.

Some commuters on the footboard of the coaches fell onto the tracks after their backpacks brushed against each other, as per police.

Following a probe, the Thane railway police booked a senior section engineer and a section engineer of Central Railway under section 125(a)(b) (acts endangering life or personal safety of others) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

Unions representing Central Railway’s employees stopped suburban local train operations at the busy Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus for nearly an hour on Thursday evening to oppose the FIR.

Train services resumed after senior officials assured the protesters they would pursue the matter with state authorities.

Central Railway’s Chief Public Relations Officer Swapnil Nila told PTI the employees protesting at CSMT, where daily passenger footfall touches several lakhs, did not allow motormen and train managers to operate trains between 5.50 pm and 6.45 pm.

The protest caused overcrowding in trains during the evening rush hours.

(With PTI Inputs)