Sources said that the incident occurred at the new division building construction site being developed as part of the CSMT station redevelopment project under the Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA)

During April 2026, ticket checking teams detected and penalised around 2.27 lakh cases of irregular travel across Mail, Express trains and Mumbai suburban trains, including Mumbai AC local trains. This is a 56 per cent increase compared to 1.45 lakh cases recorded in April 2025