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Central Railway Seeks Report as High Court Petition Follows Deadly Mumbai Rail Disruption

A Mumbai lawyer asks the Bombay High Court to seek reports, order interim compensation, frame safeguards against sudden service stoppages.

Overview

  • Two commuters were killed and three injured near Sandhurst Road after stepping off an overcrowded train and being struck by another shortly after services resumed.
  • Departures from CSMT were halted from about 5:50 pm to 6:45 pm during a flash employee agitation, leaving stations packed and pushing some passengers onto the tracks.
  • Central Railway’s chief public relations officer said a detailed account of the protest and its operational impact has been requested from the Mumbai division.
  • The demonstration was tied to demands to quash FIRs against two engineers named after the June 9 Mumbra accident that killed five passengers.
  • Union leaders deny ordering a rail roko, while commuters and activists seek prosecutions, ESMA action and senior resignations, with a letter petition now before the Bombay High Court.