A pepper spray attack inside a ladies' coach, panic at a suburban station, a violent fight that left two passengers injured, and another brawl caught on camera. In less than 24 hours, Mumbai's suburban railway network witnessed four separate incidents of violence and panic, three of them confirmed by railway authorities and one that went viral on social media. The spate of incidents has once again put the spotlight on overcrowding, commuter behaviour and passenger safety on the city's lifeline.

Pepper spray attack over seat row
16 July 2026: Kasara-CSMT fast local 8.33 am

A dispute over seats inside the CSMT-end ladies’ first-class coach turned ugly after women boarding at Kalyan objected to fellow commuters allegedly making a Dombivli-Kalyan return trip solely to reserve seats before travelling onwards to CSMT. During the heated argument, one woman allegedly pulled out a pepper spray from her handbag and sprayed it on another passenger. After the train reached CSMT, personnel from the Government Railway Police (GRP) and Railway Protection Force (RPF) detained both the complainant and the accused woman and handed them over to GRP CSMT for legal action.