In an editorial published in the party's mouthpiece, Saamana, the Uddhav Thackeray-led party said the judgment may have brought justice to the victim's family but argued that it also exposed deeper shortcomings in the state's law and order machinery

Minister of State for Home Yogesh Kadam informed the Maharashtra Assembly on Monday that the government is taking steps to enhance passenger safety after the June 23 killing of Mayank Lohar in a first-class coach of a Churchgate-Nalasopara local train