Video shows hate, while cops blame his mental health

After shooting four people police said Chetan Singh made a haterant ldquoThey were operating from Pakistanour media is giving them coverage If you want to stay in Hindustan vote for Modi Yogi and Thackerayrdquo Singh is heard saying in a video shot by another passenger The police however are insisting that the accused is mentally unstableThe police were speechless when reporters questioned them about allotting lethal weapons to such short tempered policemenAbdul Kader Mohammed Hussain Bhanpurwalarsquos family and friends at Bharatratna Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Municipal General Hospital at SV Road Kandivli WestThe incident took place after the train crossed Vaitarna Railway station at around 525 am on Monday At Vapi station Constable Singh requested his senior ASI Tikaram Meena to let him go home after the train crossed Surat railway station But ASI Meena refused to let him do soKilled in cold bloodThe accused constable then fired 12 rounds of his mini AK 47 rifle in the running train from B5 compartment to the pantry to S6 compartment Police said the constable first killed ASI Meena in the B5 AC compartment and then the three passengers Asgar Ali Abbas Ali Sheikh 48 Abdul Kader Mohammed Hussain Bhanpurwala 62 and another who remains unidentified as there were no documents with him and he was lying near the pantry not on his seat making it difficult to identify himASI Tikaram Meenarsquos nephew in green shirt also at the hospital PicsSatej ShindeThe police said the accused Chetan Kumar Singh was posted at the Lower Parel Railway workshop a week ago and earlier he was in Gujarat RPF division ASI Meena was posted at the Dadar workshop Singh is a resident of Hathras Police said Singhrsquos father was in the RPF and died in 2009 and hence Singh got the job in RPFThe police told midday that the accused constable was always in a hurry to go home before his work hours completed This is the fourth time Singh had requested the duty officer and TC during the journey to be allowed to go homeOn Monday at around 248 am the JaipurMumbai Superfast Express train reached Surat railway station Singh started requesting ASI Meena to let him go home as he was not well Meena asked him to rest for a while Constable Singh rested in the B5 compartment and woke up at around 4 am when the train reached Vapi Railway station He told ASI Meena that he had pain in his back and waist and he wanted to go home However ASI Meena didnrsquot let him leave his dutyA few minutes later Singh received a call from his wife People who were next to Singh in the compartment heard him tell her that he was unable to come home as he was not getting permission He then fought with his wife After that he again requested ASI Meena but he didnrsquot allow him to go off dutyThis request turned into arguments and the three other passengers tried to save ASI Meena Singh first fired at ASI MeenaHe then chased the other three passengersHaterant over bodiesAfter shooting them the police said Singh made a haterant standing next to their bodies ldquoThey were operating from Pakistanour media is giving them coverage If you want to vote if you want to stay in Hindustan I say vote for Modi Yogi and Thackerayrdquo Singh is heard saying this in bogey no S6 in a video shot by another passenger The police however told midday that the accused is mentally unstable and due to this he killed the four peopleOther cops nab accusedTwo RPF constables Jayprakash Yadav and Pravin Tamang were in the Jaipur Superfast Express but Singh didnrsquot fire on them Singh told them not to try and stop him or he would kill them too The police said as the constables only had lathis they could not do much When the train reached between Bhayandar and Mira Road stations a passenger pulled the chain and a message about the firing was sent on the control room of the railway The Mira Road station master alerted GRP officials but just about 200 metres before Mira Road station Singh jumped off and tried to escape with the gunTwo GRP Constables Dilip Pawar and Kiran Gaikwad saw him quietly walk away with his gun They followed him and saw he hid himself in the mangroves near the track The Constables then chased and caught himThey handed him over to the Borivli Railway police The Borivli Railway police registered a murder case which will be transferred to Palghar police under Vasai Railway police for further investigationldquoAfter killing the men Singh asked the other passengers to switch on their camera phones and record his monologue in the sleeper coach before trying to flee as soon as the train stopped 100 meters after the Mira Road station at 540 am where he was arrested by the RPF and GRP officersrdquo said police sourcesAccording to Ravindra Shisve commissioner of GRP ldquoThe train was later taken to the Borivli station where the bodies of the deceased were deboarded and taken to the Shatabdi Hospital for post mortem The accused was taken to the Borivli GRP where a case of murder was registered against him on Monday eveningrdquoOwaisi speaksAIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi labeled the tragedy as a ldquoterror attack targeted at Muslimsrdquo in Maharashtra Owaisi attributed the horrifying act to the spread of Muslim hate speeches and criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for what he called ldquounwillingnessrdquo to put an end to itldquoThis is a terror attack that specifically targeted Muslims It is the product of continuous antiMuslim hate speech amp unwilingness of narendramodi to put an end to it Will the accused RPFJawan become a future BJP candidate Will his bail be supported by the govt Will he be garlanded when released Happy to be proven wrongrdquo tweeted Owaisi12No of rounds that Singh fired inside the trainShot at pointblank rangeIllustrationUday Mohite1 Accused Chetan Kumar Singh a RPF personnel had a heated argument with his senior RPF ASI Tikaram Meena in the B5 coach2 Singh pumps four bullets point blank into Meena just below his chest3 Singh then shoots a passenger whom the police are yet to identify in the walkway near the pantry4 amp5 Singh shoots dead Abdul Kader and Asgar Ali in the S6 coach6Singh threatens the other RPF personnel trying to stop him sayingldquoI donrsquot want to kill you and even if I do you wonrsquot get more than Rs 5 lakhrdquo7 Singh stands next to the body of one of the deceased and loudly says he has killed a Pakistani8 Singh then jumps out of the trainto flee towards Mira Road station9 The RPF cops chase and catch him at Mira Road station just before he could board another train to escape