An argument over a seat inside the luggage compartment of a Parel-Ambernath local train escalated into a violent scuffle that left two passengers with head injuries, landing both in hospital and prompting the Dombivli GRP to register cross FIRs.

The incident took place around 12.30 am on Thursday as the train was approaching Kalyan. RPF and GRP personnel shifted the injured men to Rukminibai Hospital in Kalyan. They were later admitted to Sion Hospital, around 3 am. Police said both injured passengers are out of danger.