Suicidal hubby cripples Western Railway for an hour at Boisar
Sandhya Nair | TNN | Feb 19, 2019, 04:19 IST
Mohammed Shaikh (23) was dissuaded from touching over head wires and then rescued by firemenMUMBAI: A 23-year-old man crippled Western Railway services for an hour on Monday morning by climbing on to the railing of a foot over bridge (FOB) at Boisar to kill himself. Both local and outstation trains headed towards Ahmedabad were stalled till he called off his suicide bid.
Mohammed Shaikh, a plumber, was rescued after an hour-long drama that saw commuters, police and firemen trying to dissuade him from touching high tension overhead wires. WR switched off power supply to the 25,000 kilo watt over head equipment (OHE) during the period.
Among the commuters was social activist Umakant Bharati who got talking to Shaikh. He told Bharati he wanted to commit suicide due to harassment by his father-in-law and brother-in-law.
He was produced before Vasai railway court later in the day. Shaikh told the court he acted out of anger and admitted it was a mistake. The judge gave Shaikh a lesson on valuing life before punishing him till the rising of court.
It all began around 9.05am when office-goers at Boisar station screamed in unison on seeing Shaikh standing on the railing with a knife in his hand. Dressed in jeans and a full-sleeved shirt, he threatened to touch the 25,000 kilo volt wire. Dahanu’s RPF inspector Basant Rai said, “Shaikh did not know he was dangerously close to the OHE. As he tried to touch the wires, we decided to shut down the power supply. Boisar MIDC firemen were called in to rescue him.” After around an hour, the firemen managed to pull him back to the bridge. He looked frightened as the crowd moved towards him. Police dispersed the crowd and in the melee Shaikh tried to flee too. He was caught and taken to the railway police station. He did not have a valid ticket too.
Shaikh is originally from Samastipur in Bihar. He had married a woman who had delivered a baby recently. His wife, who reached the station, told the RPF that her husband was involved in an extra-marital relationship and she had filed a case against him with Boisar’s MIDC police. His wife told RPF that her father and brother had pulled him up over it on Sunday.
Shaikh was booked under Railway Act’s sections 147 for unlawful entry at a station, 145B for nuisance, 156 for travelling on a train’s rooftop, step or engine, and 174C for tampering.
Mohammed Shaikh, a plumber, was rescued after an hour-long drama that saw commuters, police and firemen trying to dissuade him from touching high tension overhead wires. WR switched off power supply to the 25,000 kilo watt over head equipment (OHE) during the period.
Among the commuters was social activist Umakant Bharati who got talking to Shaikh. He told Bharati he wanted to commit suicide due to harassment by his father-in-law and brother-in-law.
He was produced before Vasai railway court later in the day. Shaikh told the court he acted out of anger and admitted it was a mistake. The judge gave Shaikh a lesson on valuing life before punishing him till the rising of court.
It all began around 9.05am when office-goers at Boisar station screamed in unison on seeing Shaikh standing on the railing with a knife in his hand. Dressed in jeans and a full-sleeved shirt, he threatened to touch the 25,000 kilo volt wire. Dahanu’s RPF inspector Basant Rai said, “Shaikh did not know he was dangerously close to the OHE. As he tried to touch the wires, we decided to shut down the power supply. Boisar MIDC firemen were called in to rescue him.” After around an hour, the firemen managed to pull him back to the bridge. He looked frightened as the crowd moved towards him. Police dispersed the crowd and in the melee Shaikh tried to flee too. He was caught and taken to the railway police station. He did not have a valid ticket too.
Shaikh is originally from Samastipur in Bihar. He had married a woman who had delivered a baby recently. His wife, who reached the station, told the RPF that her husband was involved in an extra-marital relationship and she had filed a case against him with Boisar’s MIDC police. His wife told RPF that her father and brother had pulled him up over it on Sunday.
Shaikh was booked under Railway Act’s sections 147 for unlawful entry at a station, 145B for nuisance, 156 for travelling on a train’s rooftop, step or engine, and 174C for tampering.
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