4 hurt in stone-pelting incidents in Mumbai locals
NPnews24 Online Mumbai: According to a Railway official, four people were injured in separate incidents of stone-pelting on local trains on the Central and Harbour lines in the Mumbai metropolitan region on Tuesday.
The culprits behind all three cases were yet to be identified. Stone-pelting was reported near Kurla and Titwala stations on the Central line and Tilak Nagar on the Harbour route, a senior Railway official said.
The people who were injured were identified as Ratandeep Shive, Rajesh Pawar, Ajay Kahar and Tuaseef Khan.
The incident occurred around 3.50 pm when Rajesh Pawar, a class XII student at a Bandra-based college, was on his way home in the Khopoli train.
“He was standing a little away from the coach entrance. Around 3.50 pm, when the train was near a bridge between Kurla and Vidyavihar stations, a stone flung from outside brushed a commuter before it struck Rajesh on the head above his left eye. The co-commuter took him to the hospital where he was given a treatment,” said an official.
“The Railway authorities have taken several preventive measures to protect commuters from stone-pelting on these routes including deployment of 20 Railway Protection Special Force personnel for track patrolling,” said Sunil Udasi, Chief Public Relations Officer, Central Railway.
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