On Monday (July 31), India woke up with shocking news of a shooting inside a moving train that claimed 4 lives and terrorized the people traveling by it. To be precise, an RPF constable named Chetan Kumar Choudhary short three passengers and one Railway Police Force ASI inside a moving Mumbai-Jaipur Express Train near Palghar Station. The firing took place around 5:20 am in the B5 coach of the Mumbai-Jaipur Express Train (12956). RPF Constable Chetan Kumar opened fire at his colleague escort in charge ASI Tikaram Meena and three other civilians inside the train and jumped out of the moving train near Dahisar Station to evade his arrest. However, Chetan was later arrested by the cop.At first, it was reported that the cops trying to know the motive behind the shooting. However, a report quoted a source in the Western Railways who informed that the firing was the result of an argument that took place due to an argument over two communities. However, the Police are yet to release their official statement on what led to the deadly firing inside the Mumbai-Jaipur Express train.
Meanwhile, AltNews Co-founder Mohammed Zubair on Monday took to his Twitter handle and shared a chilling inside video of an RPF shooting moving train incident. In the Mumbai-Jaipur Express Train shooting video, it can be seen passengers running here and there in panic mode, while Chetan screaming at everyone. In the video, the bodies of the deceased were seen lying on the ground which True Scoop News cannot show.
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Video: Dead bodies lie on platform as RPF Jawan opens fire inside Mumbai-Jaipur express train
Meanwhile, Western Railways stated that compensations have been announced for the family of ASI Tikaram Meena — ₹ 15 lakhs will be given from Railway Surksha Kalyan Nidhi, ₹ 20,000 for funeral expenses, ₹ 15 lakhs as death-cum-retirement gratuity, and ₹ 65,000 as general insurance scheme. It is pertinent to mention here that Inspector General of RPF (Western Railway) Praveen Sinha refused the reports saying that the firing was result of an altercation and argument. Praveen Sinha was quoted by a portal saying, "He lost his temper and shot his senior. Then killed whosoever saw it."
How the RPF firing train incident took place?
Reports suggest that Chetan fired from his automatic weapon. For the unaware, Palghar is around 100 km from Mumbai. Chetan Kumar Choudhary opened fire on his escort duty in charge ASI Tika Ram Meena in the running train and then he went to another bogie and shot dead three passengers. Chetan was arrested by cops at Mira Road with the help of Government Railway Police and RPF officials. The accused got down from the train in Dahisar by chain pulling after the incident, however, he was detained by the Mumbai Railway Police at the Bhayandar station. Now, a video is doing rounds on social media which shows four dead bodies lying on a platform covered in white clothes. In the video, it can be seen that many cops are present at the station, while people pass by it. Also, one of the passengers inside the train shot a video of dead bodies lying on the platform.