The Government Railway Police (GRP) on Thursday said that the 32-year-old son of a Mumbai underworld gangster who was found dead on railway tracks near Sewri railway station was drunk when he was hit by a train.
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The man identified as Gitesh who is a resident of Virar and owned few shops in Lower Parel. He was found on railway tracks around 10.30 am on October 3. The GRP is now investigating whether it was a suicide or an accidental death.
He was the son of a leader of Golden Gang Chandrakant Khopade which operated out of Sun Mill compound at Lower Parel when underworld gangs were at the peak in Mumbai.
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Chandrakant Khopade gang was known to protect other underworld dons such as Haji Mastan and Varadarajan Mudaliyar.
IB Sarode, a senior inspector of Wadala GRP, said Gitesh had consumed a lot of alcohol and was crossing the tracks when a train hit him.
According to Gitesh's friend, he was drinking alcohol with him and had left to buy more alcohol nut he allegedly did not return.
IB Sarode told <a title="Mumbai gangster&rsquo;s son was hit by train while he was crossing tracks drunk, say police" href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/mumbai-gangster-s-son-was-hit-by-train-while-crossing-tracks-drunk/story-5Ausx8Yg5fy1yqeoYwP91L.html" target="_blank">Hindustan Times</a>, "Based on the way the body was found, it is now clear that it was an accident. In a suicide case, the body is usually found on the side of the tracks."
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The Government Railway Police (GRP) on Thursday said that the 32-year-old son of a Mumbai underworld gangster who was found dead on railway tracks near Sewri railway station was drunk when he was hit by a train

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