Cook beaten up and thrown out of Mumbai local after seat-sharing brawl

A seat-sharing fight turned ugly with three men assaulting a cook and throwing him out of a moving train at Boisar. What’s worse, no help arrived from the government railway police (GRP) for two hours and the victim had to be taken on a handcart to a primary health centre.

Ajay Pandey, 37, boarded the 69161 Down Panvel-Dahanu local from Boisar around 9.20pm on Monday. After getting into the compartment, Pandey had a heated argument with three passengers over seat sharing. Angry at being challenged, they dragged Pandey to the door and threw him on the platform after the train gathered speed.

Pandey lay unconscious on the platform for two hours before a passenger, Umakant Bharti, took him to the Nandgaon primary health centre — 2km away — on a handcart. “I was waiting for a train when I saw Pandey lying on the platform. I called out to the police officials, but they did not help. I also asked the Western Railway porters to assist me, but they too refused. I then took him on a handcart which was lying outside the station premises. Even then, the railway ambulance was not around for help,” Bharti told dna.

Pramod Dawre, police inspector, Palghar GRP, said they will register a case of attempt to murder against unknown people. “We will soon track down the culprits,” he said.

Pandey has suffered head injuries and bruises on his body.