MUMBAI: A shocking incident has come to light in Mumbai, where a 42-year-old man allegedly killed his wife by pushing her in front of an approaching local train following a domestic dispute. The accused fled the scene immediately after the incident but was later arrested in Surat by the Railway Police STF.
According to police officials, after committing the crime, the accused fled towards Thane. From there, he boarded a fast local train to CSMT, then travelled to Dadar, and subsequently took another local train to Virar. Investigations revealed that he boarded a Gujarat-bound train from Virar Railway Station. Acting swiftly on this information, a police team was dispatched to Surat, where the accused was apprehended.
During interrogation, the accused, identified as Rajkumar Gupta, an electrician by profession, admitted that he frequently quarrelled with his wife, Pushpa Gupta (36), over domestic issues. He confessed that, following one such dispute, he pushed her in front of a local train arriving at Platform No. 1 of Mulund Railway Station on the morning of March 14.