Navi Mumbai: Man stabbed on local train; assailant flees

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A case of attempt to murder has been registered by the Government Railway Police after a 24-year-old man was stabbed multiple times in a local train near Vashi railway station, an official said on Wednesday.

The incident took place at around 8 am on Tuesday, said senior GRP inspector Kiran Undre, adding that accused Rajesh Rajanagam Arundutiar managed to flee after the train halted.

The victim is Siraj Abdulla Shaikh, 24, a resident of Cheeta Camp, Mankhurd. Shaikh knew Arundutiar, and the stabbing came following an altercation between them while travelling by the Panvel-CSMT local, the official said.

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