2023 Mumbai train shooting: Court orders ex-RPF constable to be referred to mental health facility
The direction came after jail authorities said that the accused was suffering from a psychiatric illness.
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A Mumbai court on Tuesday ordered former Railway Protection Force constable Chetansinh Chaudhary, who shot dead three Muslim passengers and a senior officer in a train in 2023, to be referred to a mental health facility in Thane for a medical examination, PTI reported.
Additional Sessions Judge NL More issued the order after authorities at the Akola jail, where Chaudhary is currently lodged, told the court that he was suffering from a psychiatric illness. More directed the authorities to refer Chaudhary to the Regional Mental Hospital in Thane.
The former constable would be lodged in the Thane jail during his examination, the judge added.
Chaudhary had killed Assistant Sub Inspector Tikaram Meena and three Muslim passengers – Abdul Kaderbhai Bhanpurwala, Sadar Mohammed Hussain and Asghar Abbas Sheikh – on the Jaipur-Mumbai Central Superfast Express on July 31, 2023.
He was booked under the Indian Penal Code for murder as well as under the Arms Act. Later, the police added charges of kidnapping and promoting enmity on grounds of religion. He was also dismissed from the Railway Protection Force.
The Dindoshi Sessions Court in Mumbai began the trial in November.
During the proceedings, the Akola prison authorities told the court that Chaudhary was suffering from a mental illness, PTI reported. He needed to be shifted to a hospital in Nagpur for...
