Seating dispute sparks brawl on local train in Thane; 3 commuters injured

Thane, Jul 16 (PTI) Three passengers were injured in a late-night brawl over a seating dispute aboard a local train in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Thursday. The incident occurred in the luggage compartment of the Ambernath-bound suburban train, Kalyan Government Railway Police's (GRP) senior inspector Archana Dusane told PTI. The Kalyan GRP control room received an alert at 12.02 am on Thursday about a fight between passengers in the luggage compartment of the train. The GRP personnel then rushed to the train upon its arrival at Kalyan railway station. A probe indicated that a heated argument broke out between some commuters over sharing a seat while the train was moving between Dombivli and Thakurli stations, Dusane said. The argument escalated into a physical clash, leaving three individuals, identified as Raju Waghe (19), Sahil Khandare (19), and Pritesh Kanojia (31), injured, she said. The injured persons were taken to a state-run hospital in Kalyan. Two of them were later shifted to the Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital (Sion Hospital) in Mumbai for advanced medical treatment, the official said. Further probe was underway into the incident, she added. PTI COR GK