Mumbai: State Transport staffer crushed to death under local train after man punches him during argument

A 26-year-old man attached to Maharashtra's State Transport (ST) corporation died after he fell on tracks and came under a moving suburban train when a person punched him during an argument at Sion station.

According to the GRP official, the deceased was identified as Dinesh Rathod, while the alleged attacker Avinash Mane (31) and his wife Sheetal Mane (30) were arrested in connection with the incident which took place on Sunday. The couple alighted from a suburban train at Sion station where Sheetal Mane got into an argument with Rathod, an employee of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC), over some issue, he said.

The woman's husband, Avinash Mane, came to find out what was happening when he saw Rathod abusing his wife, said the official. At this point, a heated argument broke out between Avinash Mane and Rathod. During the verbal altercation, Avinash Mane, in a fit of rage, punched Rathod, who lost balance, fell on tracks and got crushed under a moving suburban train, he said.

After scanning CCTV footage of the station premises and based on information provided by eyewitnesses, the police arrested Avinash Mane from the Dharavi area and later nabbed his wife too, he said.