On Monday, a 53-year-old Goregaon resident died while chasing a mobile thief at Charni Road station. The man died after he fell under the train while trying to chase the thief.
According to Mid-Day, the victim was identified as Shakil Gaffar Shaikh. At the time of the incident, he was travelling on the Churchgate local with two of his friends. They all are drivers with a five-star hotel in South Mumbai. The incident took place on Monday around 6.43 am when the three friends were on a Malad-Churchgate train. They were standing near the door when 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.
Abhay Harolikar, inspector, GRP, Churchgate, told the Mid-Day, "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." Arif Khan, one of Shaikh's friend, said that it happened so quickly, but they immediately pulled the chain. But by the time the train stopped, it was Marine Lines Station, and they quickly went back to Charni Road Station. By the time they reached there, railway officials rushed him to GT Hospital where Shaikh was declared dead. The cops have registered an FIR against the unknown mobile thief.
