A 53-year-old migrant worker, who had been doing the rounds of the Borivli railway station for the past three days, waiting for his turn to get a ticket and board a Shramik Special train to his native place in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, collapsed while standing in the queue and later died in hospital on Friday. The deceased was an auto-rickshaw driver and Malwani resident.

After three days of struggle when he finally got a valid ticket, he joined the queue where several other migrants were waiting to board the train at Borivali railway station on May 28. Suddenly he started to feel dizzy and collapsed. He was immediately rushed to Shatabdi Hospital and was later taken to Cooper Hospital where he died during treatment.

The deceased has been identified as Eshak Hanif Mohammed, who was a resident of Gulshan-e-Raza society in Azmi Nagar, Malwani. Eshak was an auto-rickshaw driver and was residing with his 25-year-old son Jameel in the city. His wife and two daughters live in their native village Usrav, in Jaunpur. Jameel, who used to work for a firm providing internet services, had already returned to his native village 10 days back. He had asked his father to return with him but Eshak had to stay back for some paper work of his vehicle.

He had filled up the migrant travel form at the Malwani police station and was waiting for his turn for the last three days to get a ticket and board the train. He used to visit the Malwani police station and wait for hours in the sun.