Goli maar di: Jaipur Exp witness recalls night of terror

ASI MEENA AND 3 PASSENGERS ON BOARD JAIPUR-MUM SUPERFAST WERE SHOT DEAD ON JULY 31, 2023

- Jyoti Punwani

MUMBAI: A sessions court on Tuesday heard two witnesses describe the crucial argument between Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable Chetan Singh Chaudhary and his senior, assistant sub inspector (ASI) Tikaram Meena, that sparked off the chain of events culminating in Chaudhary shooting Meena and three passengers while on duty on board the Jaipur-Mumbai Superfast Express on July 31, 2023.

Chaudhary, since dismissed, was not present as he had been taken to hospital, the Thane Central Jail told the court. The former RPF constable was shifted from Akola Central Jail to Thane on February 10 after a court nod owing to medical reasons.

Rajesh Sharma, a passenger in coach B5, told the court in his examination in chief conducted by assistant public prosecutor Sudhir Sapkale, that in the early hours of July 31, he heard three policemen talking near his berth. One was pleading to be allowed to get off at Vapi station as he was not well while his senior was persuading him to continue till Borivli, which was just two hours away, and get treated there.