17 July,2026 05:24 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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An amputated human leg was found beneath a coach of the Amritsar-CSMT Express during routine maintenance at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) coaching yard on Friday morning. The incident prompted an investigation by the Government Railway Police (GRP).
As per GRP, cleaning staff discovered an amputated leg below the knee while washing the train at the CSMT yard. Soon after receiving the information about the incident, officers from the CSMT GRP immediately rushed to the spot, conducted a panchnama and sent the body part to St. George's Government Hospital for further examination.
Railway officials, while briefing about the incident, said that the body part was noticed during the maintenance of Train No. 11058 (Amritsar-CSMT Express) on July 17. The train was undergoing scheduled maintenance between 6 am and 2 pm before being prepared for its next service as Train No. 22159.
During an undergear inspection, a staff member noticed the amputated leg lodged beneath the trolley of the M2 coach. The discovery was made by the undergear-checking staff, following which a memo was submitted to the station manager at Sandhurst Road, informing railway authorities about the incident.
Further investigation is underway.
Mumbai Congress president and Lok Sabha MP Varsha Gaikwad has claimed that travelling on Mumbai's suburban railway network is becoming increasingly unsafe due to a rise in assaults, murders and crimes against women, reported the PTI.
In a statement issued on Thursday, Gaikwad accused the Maharashtra government and railway authorities of failing to protect passengers using the city's suburban rail network, often described as Mumbai's lifeline.
Gaikwad said that commuters already faced daily overcrowding on local trains and that recent violent incidents had made travelling even more dangerous, the news agency reported.
She referred to several recent cases, including the fatal stabbing of a young passenger on a local train last month, another knife attack near a railway station following a minor dispute, and an assault on a commuter aboard a Central Railway suburban service near Ambernath in neighbouring Thane district in Maharashtra.
According to Gaikwad, such incidents have raised serious concerns about passenger safety.
