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A Railway Protection Force (RPF) jawan in a shocking incident shot dead 4 persons on board a train near Palghar railway station in Maharashtra, an official said.
CPRO Western Railway, told ANI “An unfortunate incident has been reported today in Mumbai-Jaipur Superfast Express. An RPF constable, Chetan Kumar opened fire on his colleague ASI Tikaram Meena and during the incident, three other passengers were also shot. According to a preliminary investigation, he opened fire using his official weapon. The accused has been arrested. The reason for the firing is not clear yet, we are investigating it”
The jawan fired from his automatic weapon, killing another RPF jawan and three passengers of the train, which was on way to Mumbai from Jaipur, the official said.
Palghar is around 100 km from Mumbai.
Ex-gratia announced for the next of kin of deceased ASI Tikaram Meena. Rs 15 lakhs will be given from Railway Surksha Kalyan Nidhi, Rs 20,000 for funeral expenses, Rs 15 lakhs as Death cum Retirement Gratuity, Rs 65,000 as General Insurance Scheme, Western Railways informed ANI
