Man dies after being pushed off local train in Mumbai during a fight

A police official said that eye-witnesses have claimed that Nishad had a heated argument with Jawale in the train as it approached Sandhurst Road Station.

A 32-year-old man died on Friday after he was allegedly pushed from a running train following an altercation with a fellow commuter, police said.

Mumbai, India - Feb. 25, 2016 : Commuters at Borivali on the day of Railway Budget in Mumbai, India, on Thursday, February 25, 2016. (Photo by Pratham Gokhale/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

They added that the incident happened between Sandhurst Road and Masjid stations around 6.05pm on Friday.

A S Bartakke, Senior Police Inspector of Wadala Railway Police Station told PTI that Mankhurd-resident Rudal Basu Nishad, a crane operator with a private construction company, died before he could be admitted to a hospital.

He added that a person named Kishore Ramrao Jawale (32)was nabbed by co-passengers and was handed over to the police.

A police official said that eye-witnesses have claimed that Nishad had a heated argument with Jawale in the train as it approached Sandhurst Road Station.

Commuters intervened to stop the scuffle but in the melee Jawale pushed Nishad out of the running train, the official said.

Commuters then caught Jawale and handed him over to the Railway Protection Force which turned him over to the CSMT railway police.

Meanwhile inspector Bartakke said that the exact reason for the scuffle is yet to be ascertained.

“But we suspect that Jawale is mentally unstable,” he said.