Overview
- The 16-year-old died after being pushed from the door of a Churchgate–Virar local between Bhayandar and Naigaon on Monday afternoon, according to police.
- Passengers detained the 28-year-old maternal uncle and handed him to the Vasai Road railway police, who later transferred him to Waliv police.
- The accused, identified as Arjun Soni, was booked under BNS Section 103(1) for murder, produced in court, and remanded to police custody until November 21.
- Waliv police had earlier registered a kidnapping case after the girl left home on November 15 and went to the accused’s residence in Vasai East.
- Investigators say they are examining reports of an alleged relationship and a claimed motive that he viewed her as a liability.