Overview
- The victim was identified as 27-year-old Jigar Kumar Chaudhary, who was traveling home to Gujarat on leave.
- The altercation occurred on November 2 in a sleeper coach while the train passed through Rajasthan’s Bikaner district, with reports differing on whether it began over bedding or seating.
- Accused attendant Zubair Memon was taken into custody, and a knife suspected to be the weapon was recovered from the coach.
- Doctors at Bikaner’s PBM Hospital declared the soldier brought dead after the train reached the city, and the GRP is recording passenger statements.
- The NHRC issued notices to the Railway Board and the RPF seeking attendant recruitment, training and police-verification records with an action-taken report due in two weeks.