On Monday, a 23-year-old college student suffered serious injuries after he was allegedly attacked with an iron rod by a man who snatched his mobile phone while he was on a moving train between Goregaon and Ram Mandir railway station.
According to the Hindustan Times, the man stole the student’s phone, worth Rs 21,000, and before fleeing, hit the victim twice on the head with a stone. The accused was arrested on Tuesday. The 23-year-old college student was identified as Shakti Pillai, a Bachelor of Home Science (BHS) student and resident of Kranti Nagar in Kandivli (East). Pillai fractured his hand while suffering internal injuries to his head, shoulders, and legs. The incident took place when Pillai boarded a Churchgate-bound train from Malad station at 9.45am, on his way to Andheri college.
Pillai was standing on the footboard, and minutes after the train crossed Goregaon railway station, the accused, who had climbed up a signal pole, struck Pillai on the head. After this, Pillai fell off the running local with his bag. Later, the robber quickly climbed down and took Pillai's phone. The robber also tried to steal the bag but Pillai managed to hold on to it. “He picked up a stone and hit my head twice with it. He then ran away. A man called Rajkumar Yadav, who was on the tracks, came to my rescue,” Pillai told Hindustan Times.
The accused was arrested and an FIR under sections 307 (murder attempt), 394 (causing hurt for robbery) and 356 (assault to commit theft) of the Indian Penal Code. Meanwhile, Pillai was discharged on Monday night from Shatabdi Hospital.
