Mumbai: A 32-year-old police constable lost his life after being struck by a train at Nalasopara station on the Western Line of Mumbai’s suburban local train network. The incident took place on Tuesday afternoon while attempting to cross the tracks in a rush to work. The victim, Ganesh Raul, was attached to the Samata Nagar police station in Kandivali and lived in Nalasopara with his wife and children.

Raul Was Running Late, Hence Attempted To Cross Tracks Directly

According to Assistant Commissioner of Police Kailash Barve, Raul had requested permission to report to duty late that day. Already behind schedule, he chose to skip the foot overbridge and tried to cross directly from the tracks to catch his regular Churchgate-bound train from platform 4. Around 2:30 pm, a Virar-bound train hit him, leaving him with severe injuries.

The station master immediately alerted the Government Railway Police (GRP) and called for an ambulance. However, Raul succumbed to his injuries en route to the hospital, Senior Police Inspector Bhagwan Dange of Vasai GRP confirmed that an accidental death report was registered.

In a separate incident on Monday evening, a 30-year-old man suffered critical burns after coming into contact with an overhead electric wire while travelling on the roof of a Harbour Line local from Wadala to Panvel. The injured man, identified as Ankur Pandey, had climbed onto the train roof at Mankhurd.

As the train reached Vashi station at around 5:10 pm, Pandey reportedly touched the live wire, triggering a rescue effort by fellow passengers and railway police. Viral videos show three to four passengers climbing onto the train to pull him down.

Pandey was rushed to Vashi Municipal Hospital and later shifted to J.J. Hospital for advanced care. Police suspect he may have climbed onto the roof intending to end his life. “We are tracing his relatives and investigating the motive,” said Vashi Railway Police Senior Inspector Kiran Undare.

Mumbai: The BJP-led Mahayuti government will commemorate Partition Horrors Remembrance Day across the state today (August 14). Divisional Commissioners and District Collectors have been asked to host various events to “create awareness about the poignant memories and sufferings of people during Partition”.

In another development, the department of skills, employment and innovation, led by the BJP minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha, will celebrate 150 years of Vande Mataram. Lodha will head a 7member committee for this.

Remembrance to Be Marked Across Public Spaces

As per a circular, the commemoration of the remembrance should be organised in banks, post offices, railway stations, airports, shopping malls, educational institutes, petrol pumps, skill development centres and vocational training institutes, to name a few. The administration should make efforts for the participation of maximum people besides hosting programmes where freedom fighters, eminent senior citizens and public representatives are to be invited. People who have suffered the partition ordeal should also be invited, the state circular states.

Significantly, the circular directs the government machinery to take precautions so that the feelings of sections/groups in society are not hurt. The cautionary advice appears twice in the two-page circular. The event is about the tragedy of partition and the woes of people, hence it should not hurt the feelings of any community, it states.

Jalgaon: Suleman Rahim Khan Pathan, a 21-year-old man, was killed through beating in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra. The incident occurred on Monday when Suleman traveled to Jamner to complete online applications for police recruitment. In the afternoon, as he sat in a cafe with a girl, 8 to 10 men grabbed his mobile phone and unexpectedly assaulted him.

They pulled Suleman to his village and violently assaulted him, making him lose consciousness. When his relatives attempted to rescue him, the assailants reacted with violence towards them as well. Suleman’s 80-year-old grandfather was also affected. The assailants showcased him on the street and struck him with wooden clubs.

Suleman was taken to the hospital by his villagers, where he was pronounced dead by doctors. His father stated that his son was not dating any girl, and during the confrontation, the villagers were unable to assist because of their fear.

According to Suleman’s father, Rahim Khan, on the day of the incident Suleman was working with his father, when around 11 am Suleman told his father he is going to fill up a Police recruitment form after which the people kidnapped and beat him. The people was brought to his home at around 4pm. When the father tried to intervene the mob started attacking him and other members of the family.

Police Arrests 8 Suspects

The authorities have apprehended 8 suspects related to this case up to now. The initial four suspects were apprehended on Tuesday: Abhishek Rajkumar Rajput (22), Ghanshyam also known as Suraj Biharilal Sharma (25), Deepak Bajirao (20), and Ranjan also referred to as Ranjit Ramakrishna Matade (48).

While the other four were taken into custody on Wednesday. All the defendants have been placed in police detention until August 18. The arrests were confirmed by the inspector of the Jamner police station.