MUMBAI: The chargesheet filed by the Government Railway Police against the dismissed RPF constable, Chetan Singh, for gunning down four people in a longdistance train in July dwells considerably on a communal speech that he had made aboard the train. Police have produced a list of passengers with their names and addresses who had filmed the speech. The chargesheet even mentions the kind of mobile device that each of these passengers used to film the speech and the speech has been reproduced word for word, including the names of national political figures that Singh mentioned.
On July 31, Singh, who is identified in the chargesheet as Chetan Singh Chaudhary, had gunned down his senior, ASI Tikaram Meena, in B5 of the JaipurMumbai Superfast Express followed by another passenger, Kadar Bhanpurwala, in the same coach. He then went to coach B2 from where he took a passenger, Syed Saifuddin, to the pantry car at gunpoint and shot him.
Lastly, he shot a passenger, Asghar Abbas Shaikh, in coach S6 and gave a communally charged speech while standing next to the blood-soaked victim.
Video clips shot by passengers show Shaikh writhing in pain even as Singh is seen standing calmly next to him holding a rifle. As passengers huddle in fear all around, Shaikh soon appears motionless. The communally charged speech invited the addition of section 153 (A) of IPC (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, etc…) against Singh in the days following his arrest. Sources said that these video clips also assume importance because they show Singh did nothing to save the victim’s life.
Ballistic reports have come positive for the bullets pumped into the victims and have been added to the chargesheet. Also crucial is the statement of a Muslim woman who had woken up early to offer namaaz in the train and witnessed one of the killings.
On July 31, Singh, who is identified in the chargesheet as Chetan Singh Chaudhary, had gunned down his senior, ASI Tikaram Meena, in B5 of the JaipurMumbai Superfast Express followed by another passenger, Kadar Bhanpurwala, in the same coach. He then went to coach B2 from where he took a passenger, Syed Saifuddin, to the pantry car at gunpoint and shot him.
Lastly, he shot a passenger, Asghar Abbas Shaikh, in coach S6 and gave a communally charged speech while standing next to the blood-soaked victim.
Video clips shot by passengers show Shaikh writhing in pain even as Singh is seen standing calmly next to him holding a rifle. As passengers huddle in fear all around, Shaikh soon appears motionless. The communally charged speech invited the addition of section 153 (A) of IPC (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, etc…) against Singh in the days following his arrest. Sources said that these video clips also assume importance because they show Singh did nothing to save the victim’s life.
Ballistic reports have come positive for the bullets pumped into the victims and have been added to the chargesheet. Also crucial is the statement of a Muslim woman who had woken up early to offer namaaz in the train and witnessed one of the killings.
