A 26-year-old man fell off a moving train and lost his left leg during a mobile phone theft incident in Thane district of Maharashtra, following which a minor, who allegedly attacked the victim even as he lay bleeding, was detained, a railway police official said on Monday, reported the PTI.

According to the PTI, the incident took place around 7 am on Sunday between Shahad and Ambivali stations in Thane district when Gaurch Ramdas Nikam, a farmer from Nashik, was travelling on board the Tapovan Express, the Kalyan railway police station official said.

"The 16-year-old suspect, who was standing by the tracks, allegedly hit Nikam on his hand while the train was moving. It caused Nikam to lose his balance and fall off the train. His left leg was severed after it came under the wheels of the train," he said, as per the PTI.