IndiaToday.in | Posted by Ganesh Kumar Radha Udayakumar
New Delhi, October 6, 2017 | UPDATED 17:59 IST
An India Today reporter went undercover after the Elphinstone stampede to assess the ground reality. The findings, made public in a special report called Operation Bombay Dying, revealed heartless indifference to passenger safety.
Railway Police have begun an inquiry into revelations made by Operation Bombay Dying, an India Today special report which exposed police corruption in Mumbai's railway stations in the wake of the Elphinstone stampede.
23 commuters were killed in the stampede, and more than 35 were injured.
Days later, Operation Bombay Dying revealed heartless indifference to passenger safety.
At Mumbai's Charni Road Station, a GRP official allowed India Today's reporter to sneak in some toys to sell on an overpass, in exchange for a bribe worth the price of a single toy.
At Santacruz station on Mumbai's western suburbs, an RPF cop advised the journalist to revisit after a week.
"Senior officials are here from Delhi on inspection," he said. "I would have allowed you to operate after taking my "chai-pani" cut. But, the immediate situation is not conducive because of inspections," the cop added.
Similarly, at Mumbai's Ghatkopar and Goregaon stations, India Today's reporter encountered no railway guards as he sat on their footbridges to sell toys during peak hours.
