A 53-year-old Goregaon resident died while chasing a mobile thief at Charni Road station in the early hours of Monday. Shakil Gaffar Shaikh was travelling on the Churchgate local with two of his friend. They all are drivers with a five-star hotel in South Mumbai.

Abhay Harolikar, inspector, GRP, Churchgate, said, "The three friends were on a Malad-Churchgate train. They were standing near the door and around 6.43 am the train reached Charni Road station. In a few seconds, after the train started, a thief snatched Shaikh's phone and jumped off the running train on to the tracks. Without thinking, Shaikh ran to the platform side and jumped off, not realising that the train had crossed the platform. He fell against a wall and rebounded under the wheels of the train."

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