4 min readMumbaiJun 25, 2026 03:50 AM IST
First published on: Jun 24, 2026 at 11:02 AM IST
A 22-year-old man was stabbed to death, allegedly by a co-passenger, inside the first-class compartment of a Mumbai local train on Tuesday night, following an argument over keeping the door open amid heavy rainfall, police said. The accused, identified as Roshan Suvarna (30), was arrested from Panvel on Wednesday.
The victim has been identified as Mayank Lohar, a resident of Virar who worked in a clothing showroom in Andheri East and was returning home after work when the incident took place. According to the Borivali Government Railway Police (GRP), Lohar boarded the Churchgate-Nalasopara fast local at Andheri at 10.43 pm.
According to investigators, Suvarna had finished his shift at a cargo facility near Andheri and consumed nearly an entire bottle of rum before setting out for home.
“He was in Andheri East and initially planned to return home by cab. However, due to heavy rain and difficulty in getting a cab, he changed his plan and boarded a local train from Andheri railway station,” said a police officer who was part of the team that apprehended him at Panvel railway station.
Police said Suvarna was standing near the door of the first-class compartment when Lohar and several other commuters repeatedly asked him to shut the door as rainwater was entering the coach. An argument followed.
Suvarna claimed that Lohar hit him on the forehead, due to which his spectacles fell off, and that a few other passengers also assaulted him. Investigators are verifying this with witnesses. Fellow passengers intervened and separated the two men but Suvarna remained angry, police said, adding he was carrying a knife in the bag.
“He opened the bag, took out the knife and stabbed Lohar who was standing in front of him multiple times in the chest and abdomen,” said an officer. Suvarna was angry with Lohar because he was the first to insist that the door be closed, police said.
After stabbing Lohkar, Suvarna allegedly brandished the knife and threatened other passengers, preventing anyone from intervening, police said. As the train approached Platform No. 6 at Borivali station around 11.04 pm, he jumped off before it came to a complete halt and escaped.
Two purported video clips, reportedly recorded by fellow commuters, captured the chaos that unfolded inside the compartment after the stabbing. An 18-second clip purportedly shows the accused walking through the bloodstained compartment with a knife in his hand, while other passengers scramble to move away. Voices can be heard warning others and saying that he had killed a man.
In another 20-second clip, a passenger is seen kneeling beside Lohar, trying to revive him as other commuters look on in shock.
Lohar was taken to the emergency medical room at Borivali station, and later shifted to Shatabdi Hospital in Kandivali, where he succumbed to his injuries.
Investigators scanned footage from more than 400 CCTV cameras at Borivali, Andheri, Mira Road and Nalasopara stations and nearby areas. Based on technical surveillance and specific inputs, police tracked down Suverna and arrested him from Panvel on Wednesday. Police said he was planning to leave for his home in Mangaluru.
Suvarna, a resident of Mira Road East, is being questioned and further investigation is underway.
This is the second stabbing reported on the Western Railway suburban network this year. In January, a college lecturer was stabbed during an altercation at Malad station.
Mayank Lohar, who was stabbed to death (left), and Ramesh Lohar (right), his father reacts as he waits outside the postmortem centre at Bhagwati Hospital in Mumbai. (Express photo by Sankhadeep Banerjee) 
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