Mumbai: In the trial versus dismissed RPF constable Chetan Singh, a quadruple murder implicated, the prosecution on Tuesday analyzed among the travelers, a Muslim business person, at whom the implicated had actually pointed his service rifle.
The witness was taking a trip with his other half and 2 kids.“He (Singh) came closer to us and was looking at us, he pointed his gun at us. He looked at my wife, she was wearing a burqa…I asked him what happened and what was he doing. After hearing me shout other passengers shouted too… he moved back,” the witness remembered.As Singh returned, the witness pulled the chain of the train, following which the carnage ended and Singh alighted from the train.
“Therefore, the train stopped and somebody said he (Singh) alighted from the train… then somebody closed the door and we felt secure…The train started moving,” the witness stated.
The 53-year-old witness determined an unfazed Singh, who existed in court. He likewise acknowledged the rifle utilized in the criminal activity. Far 6 witnesses have actually deposed throughout the trial.On July 31, 2023, Singh presumably assassinated with his service rifle his senior, ASI Tikaram Meena, in B5 compartment on Jaipur-Mumbai Superfast Express, followed by a traveler, Kadar Bhanpurwala, in the very same coach in between Vaitarna and Mira Road stations.
He then went to coach B2, where he took another traveler, Syed Saifuddin, to the kitchen cars and truck at gunpoint and shot him. Singh then shot Asghar Shaikh in coach S6 and provided a communally charged speech while standing beside the blood-splattered body.The 6th witness, his partner and their 2 kids were returning from an expedition when the 4 murders occurred on the exact same train. After the murders, Singh got in the witness’s coach. Early on July 31, 2023, the witness observed a female encountering the coach asking if anyone existed. The witness stated that when he asked her what had actually occurred, she exposed that someone eliminated somebody. The witness stated that when he asked her if somebody had actually passed away, the female madly reacted “agar goli maarega toh marega hi na (if he shoots, someone will die)”The witness stated that not long after he saw “an RPF person entering the coach, holding a machine gun in his hand”
The witness stated that this was when Singh came closer to his spouse and him and the spoken exchange occurred. “…the train reached Borivali and I alighted. I saw many police personnel were gathered at the platform. Then I came to know three-four were killed in the train. We were in tension so we took our bags and went away… the police recorded my statement on Aug 5, 2023,” the witness stated.Throughout his interrogation by the defence attorney, the witness rejected the idea that he recognized the implicated by seeing his pictures in the news. “It is not true to say that the rifle shown to me is not the same rifle…not true to say that I was not travelling in the train on the said date…not true to say that the tickets were not booked in the name of my wife and children,” the witness stated. The trial will advance Sept 15.