Brutal attack. 'anti-social elements' are always present in the compartment made for person with disabilities. I remember that many VI girls including me refused to board in to the handycap coach.
On 3/29/23, Kanchan Pamnani <kanchanpamn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Commuter throws burning cloth on disabled passenger TRAIN SHOCKER Accused > Is > A Minor From Bhiwandi Thane : A 35-year-old Divyang commuter from Diva > suffered severe burn injuries after a fellow passenger, suspected to be > under influence of some narcotic substance, allegedly threw a burning cloth > on him aboard a running local train, the railway police informed on Sunday. > The trigger for the attack is yet to be investigated. The police said they > have scanned the CCTV footage and spotted a 16-year-old boy from Bhiwandi > who is suspected to have committed the crime. The incident occurred on > Saturday at around 10. 30pm in the reserved coach for physically challenged > of a Kalyan-bound slow local train between Kalwa and Mumbra stations. The > victim, a resident of Diva, is speech and hearing impaired and works at a > hotel in Powai. He was returning home and had boarded the train from > Kanjurmarg. The accused, who is physically challenged and seemed to be > under > the influence of narcotics, was also travelling in the same reserved coach, > the police said. "As the train was passing Kalwa station, the accused > fished > out a piece of clothwhich was probably soaked in some flammable liquid and > lit it. Even as fellow passengers in the moderately crowded coach were > watching, the accused flung the burning cloth on the victim's shirt which > immediately caught fire. Horrified, fellow commuters alerted the victim who > then tried to douse the blaze and in turn suffered burns to his left hand > and neck while his right hand also got singed," informed senior inspector > PandhariKande at the Thane railway police. The victim alighted at the next > station, Diva, and approached the police who took him to a local hospital. > Meanwhile, the accused took advantage of the melee and managed to alight > from the train at Mumbra and escape. The Thane railway police have booked > the accused zeroed in on the suspect after screening CCTV images of Mumbra > station and spotted him boarding another train for Thane from the adjoining > platform. - Manoj Bagder > > -- > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "AccessIndia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/001501d96241%2419673210%244c359630%24%40gmail.com. > -- What’s most important is to put the person first, the disability second Because we all are people first. -- Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CALLUjUaG%2BbfwX4sarQkG7wvcFjQ_pXCSbsfd3zeT7NaaVdH5sg%40mail.gmail.com.
