17 July,2026 08:02 AM IST | Mumbai | Sarthak Mehta
Raju lies injured inside the luggage compartment. Pic/By Special Arrangement
An argument over a seat inside the luggage compartment of a Parel-Ambernath local train escalated into a violent scuffle that left two passengers with head injuries, landing both in hospital and prompting the Dombivli GRP to register cross FIRs.
The incident took place around 12.30 am on Thursday as the train was approaching Kalyan. RPF and GRP personnel shifted the injured men to Rukminibai Hospital in Kalyan. They were later admitted to Sion Hospital, around 3 am. Police said both injured passengers are out of danger.
A man running with a stick at Kurla stn. Pics/By Special Arrangement
The GRP has registered two FIRs involving Pritesh Kanojiya, 31, Raju Waghe, 19, Sahil Khandhare, 18, and two unidentified persons.
According to Dombivli GRP, Pritesh Kanojiya, a resident of Titwala, boarded the Ambarnath-bound train at Ghatkopar, while Raju Waghe, Sahil Khandhare and two others boarded at Dombivli. Police said an argument broke out over seating inside the luggage compartment before escalating into a physical fight.
During the altercation, Kanojiya allegedly suffered a head injury after being struck by a steel kada. Police said the group allegedly got off at Thakurli, but Waghe was allegedly caught by other passengers and assaulted in retaliation. Both injured men were rescued by railway police personnel after the train reached Kalyan.
The housekeeping professional boarded at Ghatkopar and intended to change at Kalyan for Titwala. After passengers got off at Diva, he lay down on an empty seat. A group that boarded at Dombivli objected. "I jusy told them they could have spoken politely and they and started hitting me. Blood started dripping from my head." Kanojiya shifted to another coach at Thakurli, where passengers noticed his injuries. He claims some then accompanied him back to confront the group.
Raju and Sahil
Khandhare disputed Kanojiya's account saying he and his friend Raju Waghe boarded at Dombivli after work at a car service centre and Kanojiya was lying across a seat while others were seated nearby. "We asked him to sit up. Raju and Pritesh started arguing, and hit each other. I tried to stop them." Khandhare said Kanojiya was already bleeding when passengers from another coach confronted Waghe.
