Deadly Evening on Mumbai Tracks: Two Killed, Three Injured Near Sandhurst Road

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people died and three others were injured after being hit by a suburban train near Sandhurst Road railway station in south Mumbai on Thursday evening. The incident happened at around 7 PM, shortly after suburban services on the Central Railway were briefly disrupted due to a flash strike by employees’ unions protesting an FIR filed against two engineers in connection with the June 9 Mumbra train accident.“Two persons were brought dead to the hospital, while three others were injured. Of the injured, two were discharged against medical advice, and one is currently under treatment,” an official said.The victims had alighted from the wrong side of the platform and were walking on the tracks when the train hit them.

Mumbra case behind flash strike

Earlier in the evening, suburban train operations at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) were halted for nearly an hour after Central Railway employees staged a protest against the FIR registered over the Mumbra accident.The June 9 Mumbra incident claimed four lives when two trains — one heading toward Kasara and another toward CSMT — passed each other on a sharp curve. Some passengers standing on the footboards reportedly fell onto the tracks after their backpacks brushed against each other, police said.Following an investigation, Thane railway police booked a senior section engineer and a section engineer under Section 125(a)(b) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for “acts endangering life or personal safety of others.”Train services resume after protestCentral Railway’s Chief Public Relations Officer Swapnil Nila said train services at CSMT were suspended between 5:50 p.m. and 6:45 p.m. as employees prevented motormen and train managers from operating trains. The protest, he said, caused significant overcrowding during the evening rush hour.Services resumed after senior officials assured protesters that they would raise the issue with state authorities.Authorities are investigating whether the disruption and subsequent rush-hour congestion contributed to Thursday’s fatal incident near Sandhurst Road station.(With PTI inputs)