Jaipur-Mumbai train shooting case: Dismissed RPF constable Chetan Singh fit to stand trial, says court
Singh allegedly gunned down his senior and three passengers with his service rifle on Jaipur-Mumbai Superfast Express in 2023.
Resuming his deposition before Dindoshi sessions court on Monday, dismissed RPF head constable Narendra Parmar (60) from Ahmedabad, an eyewitness, said that one of the victims, Asghar Shaikh, pleaded with Singh for mercy just moments before being shot twice in the chest in the S6 compartment of the Jaipur-Mumbai Superfast Express in 2023.
Parmar recalled how Shaikh said, "Mai aam mulazim hoon. Main bhi bhagwan ko manta hoon… Bhagwan and Allah ek hai…" (I am just an ordinary employee.
I also believe in God. God and Allah are one).
Parmar was dismissed along with RPF constable Amey Acharya for failure to discharge their duty.
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On July 31, 2023, Singh allegedly gunned down his senior, assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Tikaram Meena, in B5 of the express train, followed by a passenger, Kadar Bhanpurwala, in the same coach between Vaitarna and Mira Road stations.
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He then went to coach B2, where he allegedly took another passenger, Syed Saifuddin, to the pantry car at gunpoint and shot him. Singh then allegedly shot Shaikh in coach S6 and gave a communally charged speech while standing next to the blood-splattered body.
Continuing his deposition, Parmar said he wanted to stop Singh but could not do so because there were several passengers between them. Parmar stated that Singh was visibly angry, and he feared that if he tried to restrain him, more passengers would be shot, or he would be shot himself.
He also said that there were passengers even behind Singh.
Parmar said that before Shaikh's murder, he followed Singh into the S6 coach. Parmar said his bag was in S6. When he reached the coach, Singh was holding a rifle in a "ready position", while passengers, some awake and others sleeping, looked on in fear. Parmar said that Singh was talking to a passenger. When shown photographs of the bodies recovered, Parmar identified the passenger as Shaikh.
He said Shaikh had a beard and was wearing a grey kurta.
After this failed attempt to de-escalate the situation, Parmar moved to B1 coach, where he called Acharya and instructed him to alert the control room. The train stopped between Mira Road and Dahisar stations due to a chain-pulling. One passenger, who identified himself as Ibrahim Batatawala, confessed to pulling the chain because he felt threatened by Singh's rifle.
According to other passengers, Singh alighted from the train. Parmar and train guard Vikas Jena too jumped onto the tracks. They later got back in and signalled the motorman. "He started the train and finally stopped at Borivali railway station. Thereafter, I alighted at Borivli station. There were a lot of police gathered. I saw Meena's body at the south side of B5 coach near the bathroom, and on the north side of the same coach, a passenger was dead.
We gathered all four bodies and sent them in an ambulance for postmortem examination," Parmar said. "I met Amey (Acharya) at Borivli station. Amey told me that Singh was ill and he was insisting with Meena to get off from the train. "Woh zidd kar raha tha [He was insisting]."
Parmar also identified two "command forms", which detail escort duties, weapons, and personnel on a specific train. Identification of physical evidence, including four empty cartridges and pieces of a red belt, had to be postponed until the following day because the items had to be retrieved from the strong room.
Dressed in track pants and a T-shirt, Singh appeared distracted throughout the proceedings. He was brought to the court premises in handcuffs and was kept away in a separate room until the hearing. The judge said Singh was not to be transferred out of Thane Central Jail without the court's prior permission.
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