Row over death at Dadar station

The Railway officials state that owing to a strike in the ambulance office,it was not available on time. They added that they called for a railway doctor and a railway ambulance too. As per rule,an ambulance is called when a person is injured and in case of death,the police do the panchnama and take the body to a hospital for post-mortem in a hearse.

“Nobody knew whether he was alive or dead. Anyway,the ambulance was called by the station master at 9 am,and after the panchnama,the body was taken to Sion Hospital,” said a source.

Shivaji Shinde,Senior Police Inspector,Dadar,CR informed,“Our policemen asked the Station Master to call an ambulance. But it was called around 9 am,after 8 hours.”

S Mudgerikar,Chief Public Relation officer,CR did not agree with police version. “The station master was informed at 2.30 pm. He tried dialling 1298 to call an ambulance. But as there was a strike,it did not come. At last,the railway doctor reached there and declared him dead. His body was severed into three parts. So,there was no possibility of him being alive. As a rule,an ambulance is called only for an injured person. For deaths,the police take the body in a hearse after panchanama. But today,the railway ambulance reached the spot and he was taken to Sion hospital for post-mortem,” said Mudgerikar.