Mumbai is India’s Wild West
A 25-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh was beaten to death in a local train by fellow commuters, suspected to be Marathi chauvinist, on Diwali, after they picked up a fight with him and his three friends, police said on Wednesday.
By ET Bureau |
MUMBAI: A 25-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh was beaten to death in a local train by fellow commuters, suspected to be Marathi chauvinist, on Diwali, after they picked up a fight with him and his three friends, police said on Wednesday. Dharam Dev, a resident of Faizabad in Uttar Pradesh, was aboard a Mumbai CST-bound local train from Khopoli along with three friends.
Dev, who used to work as a unskilled labour at a construction site, was occupying the window seat in the train, when a group of eight to 10 commuters, who appeared to be local villagers, forced him to vacate the seat, police said.
The local group then asked Dev and his friends if they were ���bhaiyyas��� after which they started abusing them, Dev���s friends said. According to the statement given by them, the four were slapped and kicked, thus rendering Dev unconscious.
The local group got off the train at Karjat, while Dev and his friends remained in the train. The victim���s friend then called up the Railway Protection Force (RPF) control number, which is displayed in trains.
Officials from the RPF then boarded the train at Badlapur and Dev was rushed to a nearby hospital but it was too late.
A K Sharma, commissioner of GRP said, ���As per our information, the person died at the hospital. The information we have, suggests that there were no external injuries on the victim���s body. We are waiting for the post-mortem report,���
Union home minister Shivraj Patil on Wednesday talked to Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh in the wake of Tuesday night incident.
Mr Patil spoke over telephone to the chief minister amidst suggestions from the Centre that the state administration should remain cautious and alert in the wake of possibilities of linking the death of a weapon-wielding youth from Bihar in a police shootout to attacks on north Indians in the state.
Minister of state for home Shakil Ahmed said that since these are very sensitive times, Maharashtra should be extra careful. He said Maharashtra government has informed the Centre that the death of the UP migrant was due to clash between two groups of youngsters on sitting arrangement in a local train.
A home ministry spokesman said details have been sought from the state government about the incident, which came close on the heels of the death of Rahul Raj, a youth from Patna.
Dev, who used to work as a unskilled labour at a construction site, was occupying the window seat in the train, when a group of eight to 10 commuters, who appeared to be local villagers, forced him to vacate the seat, police said.
The local group then asked Dev and his friends if they were ���bhaiyyas��� after which they started abusing them, Dev���s friends said. According to the statement given by them, the four were slapped and kicked, thus rendering Dev unconscious.
The local group got off the train at Karjat, while Dev and his friends remained in the train. The victim���s friend then called up the Railway Protection Force (RPF) control number, which is displayed in trains.
Officials from the RPF then boarded the train at Badlapur and Dev was rushed to a nearby hospital but it was too late.
A K Sharma, commissioner of GRP said, ���As per our information, the person died at the hospital. The information we have, suggests that there were no external injuries on the victim���s body. We are waiting for the post-mortem report,���
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Union home minister Shivraj Patil on Wednesday talked to Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh in the wake of Tuesday night incident.
Mr Patil spoke over telephone to the chief minister amidst suggestions from the Centre that the state administration should remain cautious and alert in the wake of possibilities of linking the death of a weapon-wielding youth from Bihar in a police shootout to attacks on north Indians in the state.
Minister of state for home Shakil Ahmed said that since these are very sensitive times, Maharashtra should be extra careful. He said Maharashtra government has informed the Centre that the death of the UP migrant was due to clash between two groups of youngsters on sitting arrangement in a local train.
A home ministry spokesman said details have been sought from the state government about the incident, which came close on the heels of the death of Rahul Raj, a youth from Patna.
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