Police reconstruct how a minor dispute inside a crowded compartment of the local train ended with a man bleeding to death on the platform at Malad station
(From left) Grainy CCTV footage captures accused Omkar Shinde stabbing Alok Kumar Singh as the train halted at Malad station; CCTV footage showing Alok Kumar Singh collapsing inside the local train after being stabbed; CCTV grab of accused Omkar Shinde fleeing across the foot overbridge at Malad station after the attack
A brief argument lasting barely 90 seconds inside a moving local train ended in the death of a 31-year-old mathematics professor at Malad railway station on Saturday evening.
The victim, Alok Kumar Singh, was stabbed in the abdomen following a minor dispute over space inside a crowded compartment, railway police said. The accused has been identified as Omkar Shinde, 27, who works with his father at a diamond-manufacturing company in Marine Lines.
Fatal argument
According to police, the incident occurred after the train crossed Goregaon station. Singh asked Shinde to make space near the door as he wanted to alight at Malad station.
Shinde, who was standing near the gate, claimed he too intended to get down at Malad. The exchange soon escalated into verbal abuse.
“The argument lasted barely one-and-a-half minutes,” said Senior Inspector Dutta Kumbhare of the Borivali GRP.
“Both men were unknown to each other. As the train entered Malad station at around 5.45 pm, the accused suddenly took out a chimta and stabbed the professor in the abdomen before fleeing,” Kumbhare said.
Stabbed with tool
The accused was carrying a ‘chimta’, a metal tool commonly used in the diamond trade to hold stones during processing.
The spot on the Malad platform where Alok Kumar Singh sat bleeding while waiting for help. Pic/Satej Shinde
After stabbing Singh, Shinde jumped off the train and escaped from the station carrying his bag. The entire incident was captured on the station’s CCTV cameras.
Initially, passengers were unaware that Singh had been stabbed. It was only after he collapsed on a bench on platform number 2 that commuters realised the seriousness of the situation and alerted the railway police.
Timeline of operation
Police received the information at around 5.55 pm and rushed to the spot. The station master reached with medical assistance by 6 pm.
Singh was rushed by ambulance to Shatabdi Hospital at 6.05 pm and reached the facility at 6.25 pm, where doctors declared him dead during treatment.
Accused walks home
After fleeing the station, Shinde walked back to his residence in Kurar Village, reaching home nearly an hour later.
“He did not inform anyone about the incident.
He had dinner and behaved normally,” Inspector Kumbhare said. “The accused was unaware that the victim had died due to the stabbing,” he added.
Arrest next morning
A police source said that on Sunday morning, the accused left home for work as usual.
“Our team reached his locality and learned that he had left just five minutes earlier and was heading towards Malad station,” the officer said.
Railway Protection Force and GRP teams were alerted, and Shinde was arrested near Malad’s platform number 1 at around 10.30 am.
Weapon destroyed
Police said the accused destroyed the weapon used in the crime.
“We searched his residence but could not find the chimta. Efforts are underway to recover it,” Inspector Kumbhare said.
Cause of death
According to the preliminary post-mortem report, Singh suffered a deep abdominal wound measuring approximately 6 cm by 2 cm.
“He lost a large amount of blood, which caused his death,” Kumbhare said.
The accused, who is unmarried and lives with his parents, was produced before the Borivali holiday court and remanded to five days of police custody.
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