Mumbai : Emerging evidences relating to train shooting that killed four on Jaipur-Mumbai Central Express makes the slayings appear more to be a hate crime. Footage now out shows the sole accused and RPF constable Chetan Kumar Chaudhary coercing a burqa-clad woman in the same to chant “Jai Mata Di”.
The woman who testified to police said Chetan forced her to call out “Jai Mata Di” while seated in the B-3 coach. When she first said “Jai Mata Di” Chetan asked her to shout it aloud so it was audible to all. A mobile footage on the incident has been received by police.
The fatal gunfire took place on 31 July on board the Jaipur - Mumbai Central Express train. RPF constable Chetan Kumar Choudary shot his senior officer Tikaram Meena and passengers Abdul Kadharbai Bhanupurwala, Sardar Mohammad Hussain and Asghar Abbas Sheikh in the incident.
Tikaram Meena belonged to scheduled caste. All three others were from the Muslim community. Chetan also made a cheeky anti-Muslim speech after his killing spree, the video of which hit social media soon after.
It was initially made out to be a crime of passion stemming for temperament issue. Reports said Chetan suddenly enraged and shot his senior officer, then those who happened to be in front of him. However, his own hate address and footage of coercing the Muslim woman now tell a different story.
