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Manhunt After 24-Year-Old Stabbed on Mumbai Local Near Vashi

Railway police opened an attempt-to-murder case, forming three teams to find a Mankhurd suspect after investigators linked the attack to an old dispute.

Overview

  • The victim was identified as Siraj Abdullah Shaikh, 24, a call centre employee from Mankhurd.
  • He was stabbed in the neck, chest, back and waist inside a CSMT–Panvel local as it neared Vashi on Tuesday morning.
  • The attacker jumped off at Vashi and escaped, while co-passengers helped Shaikh off at Sanpada before he was taken for treatment.
  • The Government Railway Police registered an attempt-to-murder case and formed three teams to trace the absconding suspect.
  • Police identified the suspect as Rajesh Rajgam Arunvihari, a Mankhurd resident, and said the assault likely stemmed from an earlier personal dispute.