A Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable on Monday shot dead 4 persons, including his senior, on board a running train near Palghar railway station in Maharashtra.
“The accused constable has been detained along with his weapon,” said Western Railways in a statement.
An RPF constable opened fire inside a moving Jaipur Express Train after it crossed Palghar Station. He shot one RPF ASI and three other passengers and jumped out of the train near Dahisar Station. The accused constable has been detained along with his weapon. More details…
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The constable fired from his automatic weapon, killing an RPF Assistant Sub Inspector and three other passengers of the Jaipur-Mumbai Central Express shortly after 5 am, PTI quoted an official as saying.
Palghar is around 100 km from Mumbai.
Chetan Kumar Choudhary opened fire on his escort duty incharge ASI Tika Ram Meena in the running train, the official said.
After killing his senior, the constable went to another bogie and shot dead three passengers, the official added.
The constable was caught by police at Mira Road with the help of Government Railway Police and RPF officials.
With inputs from agencies
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