Woman loses balance while alighting from moving train, dies after getting trapped in platform gap
Mumbai (PTI): A 58-year-old woman was killed after she lost her balance while alighting from a moving express train at Dadar station in Mumbai, police said on Sunday.
The woman had entered the stationary train to use the toilet on the afternoon of November 27. As the train started moving, she panicked and tried to get down, but lost her balance and was sucked into the gap between the train and platform number 10, officials said.
The woman and her son had come to Mumbai from Andhra Pradesh to visit their relatives who live in Ambernath in Thane district. Her husband, Badshah Shaikh, is working as a cook on a ship in London.
"Since the woman couldn't locate a washroom on the platform, she entered the express train to use the lavatory in a coach", an official said, adding that she was accompanied by her son.
Local train passengers who witnessed the incident tried to save the woman. She was rushed to a civic hospital in a serious condition, where doctors declared her dead on arrival.
Police have registered an accidental death case.
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1,850 missing mobile phones recovered as Delhi Police focusses on victim-centric policing
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi Police has recovered 1,850 stolen and lost mobile phones worth around Rs 4 crore in past 40 days under "Mission Reconnect", an initiative aimed at returning phones to their rightful owners in outernorth Delhi, an official said on Saturday.
The recovered phones were traced from different parts of the country, including remote areas, through technical surveillance and sustained field operations, police said, adding that the devices were handed over to their owners during a programme at the Sports Ground, New Police Lines, Kingsway Camp.
The initiative focused on a victim-centric approach and aimed at strengthening public trust through proactive policing and coordinated efforts across states, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outernorth) Hareshwar Swami said.
As part of the programme, teams performed 'nukkad nataks' and screened awareness videos on cybercrime, drug abuse prevention, and senior citizen safety, sensitising the public about digital frauds and safety measures, officials said.
The initiative combines technology, investigation and community participation to ensure recovery of lost property and reconnect citizens with their valuables, they added.
