Mumbai Local Train Accident: Alert Railway Cops on Ganesh Visarjan Duty Save Passenger's Life at Govandi Station; CCTV Video Goes Viral

Alert railway police personnel on Ganpati Visarjan (immersion) duty from the Vashi Railway Police saved a passenger from falling between a train and the platform at Govandi railway station on Sunday, September 8. The incident occurred around 7:30 pm when a man travelling on a local train from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) to Panvel lost his balance while getting off the crowded train and slipped into the gap between the platform and the train.

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During the incident, a police inspector and his team, who were patrolling for Ganesh Visarjan security, noticed the passenger in distress and swiftly pulled him to safety, preventing a potentially fatal accident. The passenger was unharmed and declined medical attention, leaving the station without sharing his personal details.

Vashi Railway Police personnel averted a near-tragic accident at Govandi railway station on the evening of 8th September.#Vashi#Accident#Police#LokmatTimes@MahaPolicepic.twitter.com/6l5eNkQRuW

— Lokmat Times (@lokmattimeseng) September 9, 2024

A CCTV video, which later went viral on social media, shows the man attempting to disembark from the moving train before it had come to a complete stop. He slipped, and upon seeing this, the team of police personnel rushed towards him and pulled him to safety, averting a fatal accident.