According to police sources, the incident occurred around 6 pm on the platform. During an argument while getting off the train, a person attacked the victim, stabbing him in the abdomen with a sharp object, which led to his death
The victim, Alok Kumar Singh. PIC BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
A 31-year-old man was brutally stabbed to death following a scuffle while alighting from a local train at Malad railway station in Mumbai on Saturday evening. The victim has been identified as Alok Kumar Singh, a resident of Kandivali.
According to police sources, the incident occurred around 6 pm on the platform. During an argument while getting off the train, a person attacked Singh, stabbing him in the abdomen with a sharp object, which led to his death.
The accused fled the scene immediately.
A joint team of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Government Railway Police (GRP) has tracked down and arrested the prime accused in the fatal assault case at Malad station. The accused is currently being interrogated as part of the ongoing investigation.
Timeline as per railway records
The passenger was to get down at Malad station, deceased was at the gate. Some altercation on getting down, and then the incident happened.
Churchgate-Borivali train
Malad arrival at 5.45 pm
Information received at 5.55 pm
Master at the site with medical help at 6.00 pm
Departure for Shatabdi Hospital in an ambulance at 6.05 pm
Hospital arrival 6.25 pm
Victim worked as a professor in Vile Parle college
Singh was employed as a mathematics professor at a college in Vile Parle, police said.
Confirming the incident, Senior Inspector Datta Khupekar stated that a murder case has been registered and the Borivali Government Railway Police (GRP) is conducting further investigations. Efforts are ongoing to nab the absconding suspect.
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