A 43-year-old police naik (a rank above constable) from Mumbai Police was run over by a fast train at Sion railway station on Tuesday morning. The railway police have registered a case of accidental death. The police are finding out if it was a case of suicide or track crossing death.
The incident took place at 11.10 am on the CSMT end of Sion railway station ahead of platform number 4 from where fast trains pass.
The deceased, Prasad More, 43, was crossing the tracks when a fast CSMT-bound train ran him over. No suicide note has been found on him and statements of his family will be recorded, police said. It is not clear where he was headed but there was an open space nearby to enter-exit the station, police said.
