Train firing: Victim's relatives protest outside hospital in support of demands

Grieving relatives of Asgar Abbas Sheikh 48 one of the three passengers shot dead allegedly by a Railway Protection Force RPF constable on board an express train near here on Monday morning refused to accept his body and staged a protest outside a civic hospital in Mumbai in the eveningMohammad Amanullah Shaikh younger brother of Asgar Sheikh told PTI that they are not going to accept the body till the Railways announces a compensation makes arrangements for carrying his body to Jaipur where he was staying with his family and the government assures a job for a kinHe later said his brothers body has been shifted to J J Hospital in central Mumbai from civicrun Shatabdi Hospital in suburban Kandivali and they will continue the protest thereThe Western Railway WR tonight said it has digitally transferred Rs 10 lakh in the savings bank account of the victims wife The same amount has been paid to the family to another deceased said WR chief spokesperson Sumit ThakurConstable Chetan Singh 34 shot dead his senior RPF Assistant SubInspector Tika Ram Meena and three passengers on board the moving JaipurMumbai Central Express near Palghar railway station on Mumbais outskirts early in the morning officials saidThe reason behind the incident was not yet knownThe deceased passengers were identified as Abdul Kadarbhai Mohammed Hussain Bhanpurwala 48 a resident of Nalasopara in Palghar district Asgar Abbas Sheikh 48 a resident of Madhubani in Bihar and one Sadar Mohammed HussainHe Asgar Shaikh has five children below the age of 12 but neither the Railways has announced any compensation for them nor assured a job for a family member They have also not made any arrangements for taking his body to Jaipur Mohammad Shaikh said as he tried to came to terms with the personal lossWe wont accept his body until our demands are accepted he said adding they learnt about the firing incident after the police contacted his relatives in Bihar his native stateMohammad Shaikh who works in a garment factory in Mumbai said originally they are from Madhubani district of Bihar but his brother had settled in Jaipur with his familyAccording to Mohammad Shaikh his brother was working in a factory manufacturing bangles in the Rajasthan capital but due to some reason the facility shut about a month back and hence he was coming to Mumbai in search of a new jobA Railway officer said Asgar Shaikh had boarded the train in Jaipur and was travelling in the S6 coachAnother railway firing incident victim Abdul Bhanpurwalas relative Mufaddal Bhanpurwala said the former was returning to Mumbai from his native place Bhanpur in Rajasthan after observing Muharram thereMufaddal Bhanpurwala said Abdul Bhanpurwalas wife had gone to Dubai to see his sons who are working in the Gulf city whereas he had gone to his native place 10 days ago for MuharramAccording to him they learnt about the incident on Monday morning after the wife of Abdul Bhanpurwalas brother received a call from a policemanThe deceaseds his wife and sons are on their way to Mumbai from DubaiAbdul Bhanpurwala who was travelling in the B5 three tier AC coach of the train had also worked in Dubai for many years and after returning from there he had set up a business of diapers and operated a shop in Nalasopara a distant suburb of Mumbai his relative saidThe Railway officer said he had boarded the Mumbaibound train from Bhawani Mandi station in RajasthanThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever