Thane Crime: Glass bottle hurled at ladies coach, three women injured

Three women in the ladies coach of a local train on Friday night were hit by a glass bottle flung by a miscreant after the train passed the Thane stationA fourth woman from Dombivli also complained of being hit by a bottle between KalwaMumbra on the same train but RPF denied the incident The victims Sushmita Gavkar 22 and Asha Patil 32 sustained serious injuries and were taken for medical treatment at Kalwa station while the commuter from Mumbra suffered minor injuries but preferred treatment at homeAlso ReadWatch video Alert cop saves 65yearold woman from being crushed under trainThane railway police stated the women had boarded the CSMTend coach of Dombivlibound slow local from Thane platform 2 at around 9 pm The train was crossing Vitawa bridge when the bottle was hurled towards the ladies coach It first hit the side steel bars of the coach According to the Times of India Asha Patil shrieked as a big part of the broken bottle hit her forehead and the shards injured her wristsSushmita Gavkar who was standing next to her in the aisle also suffered injuries while a few pieces also hit the Mumbra passenger As the train reached Kalwa commuters alerted railway officials who took them to the emergency medical room Smita Dhakne the Senior inspector stated they had started investigations and will look into the matterAlso ReadMinor boys performing deathdefying stunts in Mumbai locals arrestedTop StoriesIn November when 32yearold banker Keegan Vaz developed a fever along with a cough and cold he did what any of us would do He went to a local chemist got some overthecounter medicines and popped the pills maintaining the weeklong course He even recovered Until late November when he started getting headachesBy December first week his condition started deteriorating and Vaz started vomiting A banker he took a break from work and stayed at this Wadala home which he shares with a couple of friends But resting and more overthecounter medicines didnt help When he became increasingly weak his friends then took to a primary health care centreRead full storyA video of a woman thrashing a railway staffer has gone viral The concerned lady Nandini Belekar had gone to purchase a railway ticket and mistakenly left her cellphone at the ticket counter of Mumbai Central railway station Minutes after she realised that she had left her cellphone she went back to collect it When she asked the railway staffer about it he denied having seen her cellphone As she suspected he was lying she entered his cabin and saw that he had the phone and had removed the SIM card from it Hence she lost her temper and thrashed him Read full storyWe do not have any morsel of food left nor my children have any spare clothes to wear They the police came and burnt them all saying we cannot stay here My wife is six months pregnant and my two daughters are unwell Where will we go asks Balu Machindra Chauhan 30 a day after they were forcibly evicted from Amar Mahal junction Chembur by the police While the state agencies are clear they wont allow encroachments the incident has once again raised serious concerns about shelter homes for the homeless in the cityRead full storyThe Charkop police has arrested a 31yearold music director and singer for allegedly fleeing with a brand new Volkswagen from a car showroom on the pretext of taking it out for a test drive During investigations it was revealed that the accused identified as Ranjeet Kumar Singh who lives in Charkop had visited a showroom in Borivli last week He showed his interest to buy a silver model of a Volkswagen car and asked the salesman if he could go on a test drive After completing all the formalities the salesman and Singh took the car out for a spin When they reached Charkop Singh stopped the car and asked the salesman if he could get down and help adjust his seat As soon as he got out Singh sped away with the car Read full storyRecently BMC announced a No Parking zone within 1 kilometer periphery of public parking lots and declared and if vehicles are found parked illegally owners would have to cough up anywhere between Rs 1000 to Rs 10000 for the offence midday reported this on March 9Read full storyCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates