Relatives of Hyderabad resident slain in Mumbai train attack take his body

The relatives of Hyderabad resident Syed Saifuddin who was gunned down by a Railway Protection Force constable on a train two days back took possession of his body on Wednesday railway officials saidFour persons Railway Protection Force Assistant SubInspector ASI Tikaram Meena 58 and three train passengers were shot dead allegedly by RPF constable Chetan Singh on board the JaipurMumbai Central Express in the wee hours of Monday near Palghar stationThe three passengers were identified as Abdul Kadarbhai Mohammed Hussain Bhanpurwala 58 a resident of Nalasopara in Palghar district and Asgar Abbas Sheikh 48 a resident of Madhubani district in Bihar and Syed Saifuddin originally a resident of Bidar in Karnataka who had settled in HyderabadOn Monday the grieving relatives of Asgar Sheikh staged a protest and refused to take possession of his body unless the Railways assured to provide a job to his legal heir and made arrangements for taking the mortal remains to their native place in Madhubani districtThey staged the protest first outside the civicrun Shatabdi Hospital in suburban Kandivali on Monday and continued it on Tuesday at the governmentrun JJ Hospital in Mumbai where the body was later taken for postmortem examinationThey called off the protest on Tuesday evening and agreed to claim the bodyThe mortal remains of ASI Meena were dispatched to his native place in Sawai Madhopur district in Rajasthan for last rites by train on Tuesday after tributes were paid to him by senior RPF officialsWestern Railways chief public relations officer Sumit Thakur told PTI that the relatives of Syed Saifuddin reached Mumbai from Hyderabad and took possession of his body from the J J Hospital on WednesdayAlso readVideo shows hate while cops blame his mental healthThe bodies of all the four victims have been claimed the official saidThakur said an exgratia of Rs 10 lakh was announced for the family members of the three passengers who died in the incident and the amount has been paid to themThe Railway Board has appointed a highlevel committee to conduct a comprehensive probe into the incidentMeanwhile a court in Mumbai on Tuesday remanded the Railway Protection Force RPF constable Chetan Singh 34 to police custody till August 7 Press Trust of India reportedConstable Chetan Singh 34 shot dead RPF Assistant SubInspector Tika Ram Meena and another passenger in B5 coach with his automatic weapon after 5 AM He then shot dead another passenger in the pantry car five coaches away and went on to kill one more passenger in S6 coach which is 8th bogie from the B5 coach an official saidMembers of a highlevel committee set up to conduct a probe into the incident of a RPF constable shooting dead four persons on a train reached Mumbai on Tuesday and they are expected to meet officials concerned authorities saidThe Railway Board has set up the fivemember committee to conduct a comprehensive inquiry into the incident which took place on Monday on the JaipurMumbai Central Express train an official saidThe probe committee comprises the principal chief security commissioners of the Western Railway and the Central Railway the principal chief commercial manager of the North Western Railway the principal chief medical director of the North Central Railway and the principal chief personnel officer of the West Central RailwayAccording to railway officials the panel has been asked to submit its report on the train firing incident to the Railway Board in the next three monthsAn exgratia of Rs 10 lakh has been announced for the passengers who died in this unfortunate incident The family of ASI Tikaram will receive dues as per service rules a statement from the Western Railway saidFollowing the incident accused constable Chetan Singh nabbed with his weapon while trying to flee after passengers pulled the chain of the train which stopped near Mira Road station on the Mumbai suburban network Agencies