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Mumbai local train murder: Accused remanded in judicial custody for 12 days
Updated On: 30 January, 2026 08:09 PM IST | Mumbai | Samiullah Khan
Omkar Shinde (27), the prime accused in the murder of mathematics professor Alok Kumar Singh at Malad railway station, has been remanded in 12-day judicial custody. Singh was fatally stabbed with a stainless-steel chimta while alighting from a Churchgate–Borivali local on January 24

Alok Kumar Singh, the mathematics professor who was stabbed to death inside a local train at Malad. FILE PIC
Omkar Shinde (27), the prime accused in the murder of 31-year-old college professor Alok Kumar Singh at Malad railway station in Mumbai, was produced before the Borivali Metropolitan Magistrate Court for the second time as the Government Railway Police (GRP) sought his custody again. The court remanded Shinde in 12-day judicial custody.
Mumbai local train murder: Accused used ‘chimta’ to attack victim
Singh, a Kandivali resident and mathematics professor at a Vile Parle college, was fatally stabbed during a scuffle while alighting from a Churchgate–Borivali local train on the evening of January 24 at Malad station.
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