Commuter throws burning cloth on disabled passenger TRAIN SHOCKER Accused Is
A Minor From Bhiwandi Thane : A 35-year-old Divyang commuter from Diva
suffered severe burn injuries after a fellow passenger, suspected to be
under influence of some narcotic substance, allegedly threw a burning cloth
on him aboard a running local train, the railway police informed on Sunday.
The trigger for the attack is yet to be investigated. The police said they
have scanned the CCTV footage and spotted a 16-year-old boy from Bhiwandi
who is suspected to have committed the crime. The incident occurred on
Saturday at around 10. 30pm in the reserved coach for physically challenged
of a Kalyan-bound slow local train between Kalwa and Mumbra stations. The
victim, a resident of Diva, is speech and hearing impaired and works at a
hotel in Powai. He was returning home and had boarded the train from
Kanjurmarg. The accused, who is physically challenged and seemed to be under
the influence of narcotics, was also travelling in the same reserved coach,
the police said. "As the train was passing Kalwa station, the accused fished
out a piece of clothwhich was probably soaked in some flammable liquid and
lit it. Even as fellow passengers in the moderately crowded coach were
watching, the accused flung the burning cloth on the victim's shirt which
immediately caught fire. Horrified, fellow commuters alerted the victim who
then tried to douse the blaze and in turn suffered burns to his left hand
and neck while his right hand also got singed," informed senior inspector
PandhariKande at the Thane railway police. The victim alighted at the next
station, Diva, and approached the police who took him to a local hospital.
Meanwhile, the accused took advantage of the melee and managed to alight
from the train at Mumbra and escape. The Thane railway police have booked
the accused zeroed in on the suspect after screening CCTV images of Mumbra
station and spotted him boarding another train for Thane from the adjoining
platform. - Manoj Bagder

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