Overview
- Suburban services at CSMT were blocked from 5:50 pm to 6:45 pm when employees prevented motormen and train managers from operating, officials said.
- The first fast local after services resumed struck people walking between Sandhurst Road and CSMT around 7 pm, with two confirmed dead and three injured as authorities reconcile reports.
- Worker unions CRMS and NRMU staged the flash protest over a GRP FIR that names assistant divisional engineer Vishal Dolas and senior section engineer Samar Yadav.
- The FIR cites a VJTI-backed finding that a rail replaced four days before the June 9 Mumbra accident was left unwelded and the track geometry distorted, while Central Railway calls the technical basis flawed and plans a legal challenge.
- Unions paused the agitation after assurances from senior officials, and the two engineers have sought anticipatory bail with a hearing listed before a Thane sessions court.