A man was arrested by the police for allegedly pushing his 16-year-old niece from a fast Mumbai local train in Vasai, leading to her death, an official said on Tuesday, reported the PTI. 

The girl’s body was found on the railway tracks over the Bhayander creek on Monday, said the official, adding that the first breakthrough in the case came after a commuter who witnessed the incident alerted the police.

The accused was identified as Arjun Soni and was been arrested by the Government Railway Police (GRP) under Section 103(1) (Murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the official said, according to the PTI.

“Police are now investigating the motive behind the murder of the girl,” said an official.

Meanwhile, in an another incident, a two-year-old boy suffered injuries after plunging nearly 20 feet into an open sewer chamber in Maharashtra`s Thane city, officials said on Wednesday, reported the PTI.

The incident occurred near the Dnyanasadhana college on Tuesday evening, said Yasin Tadvi, chief of the Disaster Management Cell of the Thane Municipal Corporation, as per the PTI.

The boy was later identified as Hamdan Gufran Qureshi who had been living in the Rabodi area of the city.

The primary investigations revealed that he had come to stay with his relatives. He was walking along the footpath with his mother when he lost his balance and fell into an open drainage chamber.

Local residents pulled out the child before the authorities arrived. The child was first taken to the District Government Hospital before being shifted to a private medical facility in the city.

“A fall of nearly 20 feet is extremely dangerous, especially for a child this young. Fortunately, he survived. Our focus was to ensure he received immediate medical attention,” said Tadvi, the news agency reported.

Officials said that the sewer chamber lid had remained open as an iron pipe obstructed it.

The pipe was cut and the chamber was properly closed, they said.

“The department concerned must act swiftly and ensure that such safety lapses do not occur again,” said Tadvi, according to the PTI.

(with PTI inputs)

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