Overview

• The 53-year-old passenger testified that Chetansinh Chaudhary pointed a service rifle at him and his burqa-clad wife before stepping back when fellow travelers raised an alarm.
• He told the Mumbai sessions court he then pulled the emergency chain, stopping the train, and he identified Chaudhary in the courtroom as the armed constable he saw at close range.
• Under cross-examination, the witness rejected the defense claim that his identification came from seeing news photographs, insisting he saw the assailant directly.
• According to testimony and prosecution statements, the train halted between Dahisar and Mira Road and later reached Borivali, and Chaudhary was later caught with his weapon after attempting to flee.
• Chaudhary stands charged under IPC 302 and 153-A, among other laws, in the 2023 killings of ASI Tikaram Meena and passengers Asgar Ali Abbas, Abdul Kader Bhanpurwala and Syed Saifuddin, with witness depositions continuing after a court declared him fit to stand trial in August.