Fresh violence on Mumbai local: Two injured in late-night fight aboard local train

Later, two persons, identified as Raju Waghe and Sahil Khandare, boarded the same compartment and confronted Kanojia and asked him to get up, leading to a scuffle between the two parties.

“As one of them was wearing a kada, it also hit some other commuters. Due to the fight between the two sides, one of them lost consciousness. Both sides are currently being discharged from the hospital and we are in the process of registering offences against both sides in the matter. No weapons have been used,” Chavan said.

The train was attended at Kalyan station by personnel from the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and the Government Railway Police (GRP). Both injured passengers were administered first aid before being shifted to Rukhmabai Hospital. One of them, who suffered a severe head injury, was later referred to Sion Hospital for further treatment.

The senior inspector has said that they are in the process of registering two FIRs – one each on behalf of the two parties. The police were also investing the circumstances that led to the incident.

In a separate security scare on the same day, panic briefly spread at Kurla railway station after a man carrying a wooden stick was seen running along Platform 1. Videos of the incident circulated widely on social media before railway security personnel apprehended him. The man is currently in the custody of the Kurla GRP.

The latest incidents add to growing concerns over passenger safety on Mumbai’s suburban railway network, which has witnessed a spate of violent episodes in recent weeks. Last month, 22-year-old Mayank Lohar was fatally stabbed aboard a Nalasopara-bound local train following an altercation.

In January, a 32-year-old lecturer at a Vile Parle-based college, Alok Singh, who was allegedly stabbed during an altercation at Malad railway station.