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Anil Waghela couldn’t sleep a wink due to the noise caused by the Charni Road FOB repairs . He wanted to teach railways a lesson.
Just past 6 am on Saturday, aWestern Railway motorman Charni Road and Marine Lines 
stations. An inspection revealed that a nearly 3-ft long iron rod was ensconced inside the battery box of one of the coaches. The man accused of throwing the rod at the train was caught within six hours, but the railway police were completely flummoxed at the motive behind the mischief.
The accused, 30-year-old Anil Waghela, is homeless and spends the nights on a footpath abutting the eastern side of Charni Road Railway Station. He told the Railway Protection Force (RPF) that for the past ten days he hasn’t been able to sleep a wink because of the noise created by the ongoing repairs on the Charni Road foot overbridge (FOB).
The work on the FOB began around 10 days ago. The railway officials said that they were trying to wrap up the repairs before the end of November.
In the dog eat dog world ofMumbai’s street life , a pavement dweller runs the risk of a severe beating if he leaves his designated spot on the footpath and tries to ‘encroach’ on others’ sleeping space.
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A railway police team, led by Somveer Chauhan from RPF Churchgate, scanned the CCTV cameras, found the footage showing a few suspects, and combed the tracks and the neighbouring areas till they zeroed down on Waghela. Confronted with the CCTV footage, Waghela admitted that he was the one who had thrown the rod. The accused has been booked under the Indian Penal Code Section 427 (mischief causing damage) and the Railway Act Section 150 (1) (c) for maliciously wrecking or attempting to wreck a train.
Possible mishap averted
The railway officials said that the motorman reported hearing a ‘clunk’ when the rod hit the train. Anticipating trouble, he stopped the train and an inspection revealed the rod stuck in the battery box of one of the coaches. “The motorman displayed a sharp presence of mind and the RPF team from Churchgate was prompt in tracing the accused,” a senior railway police official said. Waghela was produced in court on Sunday and was remanded in police custody till Tuesday.
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averted what could have been a major disruption, when he halted a Churchgate-bound local train between stations. An inspection revealed that a nearly 3-ft long iron rod was ensconced inside the battery box of one of the coaches. The man accused of throwing the rod at the train was caught within six hours, but the railway police were completely flummoxed at the motive behind the mischief.The accused, 30-year-old Anil Waghela, is homeless and spends the nights on a footpath abutting the eastern side of Charni Road Railway Station. He told the Railway Protection Force (RPF) that for the past ten days he hasn’t been able to sleep a wink because of the noise created by the ongoing repairs on the Charni Road foot overbridge (FOB).
The work on the FOB began around 10 days ago. The railway officials said that they were trying to wrap up the repairs before the end of November.
In the dog eat dog world of
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“Waghela said that the repairs on the FOB start late at night and continue till early morning, depriving him of sleep. After another sleepless night, he decided to take revenge on the Railways by causing some sort of disruption. He found the rod along the tracks and threw it at the passing train around 6.11 am. He panicked when the train halted and he fled from the spot,” a senior RPF officer told Mumbai Mirror.A railway police team, led by Somveer Chauhan from RPF Churchgate, scanned the CCTV cameras, found the footage showing a few suspects, and combed the tracks and the neighbouring areas till they zeroed down on Waghela. Confronted with the CCTV footage, Waghela admitted that he was the one who had thrown the rod. The accused has been booked under the Indian Penal Code Section 427 (mischief causing damage) and the Railway Act Section 150 (1) (c) for maliciously wrecking or attempting to wreck a train.
Possible mishap averted
The railway officials said that the motorman reported hearing a ‘clunk’ when the rod hit the train. Anticipating trouble, he stopped the train and an inspection revealed the rod stuck in the battery box of one of the coaches. “The motorman displayed a sharp presence of mind and the RPF team from Churchgate was prompt in tracing the accused,” a senior railway police official said. Waghela was produced in court on Sunday and was remanded in police custody till Tuesday.
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