Mumbai, February 25: A 31-year-old man climbed on top of the CSMT-Panvel slow local train on Tuesday (February 25) after the local train service was interrupted for around half an hour. The incident occurred at Wadala railway station around 7.45 pm.
After receiving the information, the Railway Police and Railway Protection Force (RPF) arrived at the scene. They switched off the power supply to the high-tension cable lines and brought him down. The incident lasted for almost half an hour, a railway police officer said.
Today at Mumbai's Wadala Road Railway Station, a drunk man got on top of a train after drinking alcohol. Due to which the train got delayed. @singhvarun @rajtoday @Central_Railway @richapintoi @rushikesh_agre_ @Mumbaikhabar9 @mumbaimatterz @RoadsOfMumbai @drmmumbaicr pic.twitter.com/RGa0P57frj
— Ashish Gupta (@ashishbomu) February 25, 2025
The accused has been identified as Lalu Pujahar, a labourer. The RPF detained him and is currently investigating why he climbed on top of the local train. According to the police, he was not intoxicated. An RPF officer said that the FIR process is in progress.
The police claimed that the man was not not intoxicated, however, the post which was shared with the video of the incident, claimed that the man was drunk.
The video of the incident has surfaced online showing a man in a blue T-shirt on the top of the train coach while railway cops asked him to get down. In another video, the cops can be seen on the top of the coach.
Responding to a post on X, DRM Mumbai CR instructed RPF Mumbai Division to look into the matter.