A Vakola resident, who sustained severe injuries after her clothes got stuck in a Metro door at Marol station on October 21, has decided to file a petition before the high court urging it to direct the police to register an FIR for negligence in duty. The woman, Gauri Sahu, 20, had earlier approached Andheri police, but cops refused to file a case, she claimed. She has further claimed that the Metro authority threatened to not pay the medical bills for her injuries if she filed a case.

Sahu, who works as a clerk at an educational institute in Marol, is a regular Metro commuter. When she was returning from work on October 21 evening, she was unable to board the Metro as it was crowded. However, her clothes got stuck in the door. As the Metro started moving, she got dragged on the platform till she hit the railings and came to a halt. She received major injuries on her liver, jaw and hands and doctors had to perform a 7 to 8-hour surgery to save her.