‘He Has Stabbed Me’: Eyewitness Recounts Chilling Moments After Mumbai Professor Killed on Local Train

Mumbai was left shaken after a 33-year-old college professor was brutally stabbed to death on a local train following a brief argument while deboarding at Malad railway station, highlighting growing concerns over commuter safety in the city’s lifeline transport system.

The victim, Alok Singh, a mathematics professor at Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics in Vile Parle, was travelling home on a Borivali-bound slow local on Saturday evening when the fatal incident occurred. His colleague and close friend Sudhirkumar Suryakumar Trivedi witnessed the attack and later recounted the horrifying sequence of events.

According to the eyewitness, the two professors had left their college around 5 pm, reached Andheri station by autorickshaw, and boarded the train at approximately 5:25 pm. The general compartment was moderately crowded, and both men were standing near the door as the train approached Malad station around 5:40 pm.

As the train slowed down, an unidentified man standing behind Singh allegedly asked him to move forward aggressively, saying Malad station was approaching. Singh responded that he was getting down but could not move immediately as women passengers were standing ahead. The exchange quickly escalated into a heated argument.

Moments later, as Singh was stepping off the train while still holding the doorway, he suddenly turned to his colleague and said the words that would haunt witnesses on the platform: “He has stabbed me in the stomach.”

Trivedi said he instinctively grabbed the attacker’s hair in an attempt to stop him, but the man managed to break free and sprint towards the foot overbridge. Despite briefly chasing him and alerting other passengers, the accused escaped. Trivedi rushed back to Singh, who was bleeding heavily from a deep abdominal wound. Passengers and railway staff scrambled to help as multiple emergency helplines were contacted. Singh was made to sit on a platform bench before being rushed by police to a private hospital in Kandivali West. Doctors declared him dead at 6:15 pm, less than an hour after the attack.

Within 12 hours, the Government Railway Police (GRP) arrested the accused, identified as Omkar Shinde, from Malad East. CCTV footage showed the suspect running in panic across the station’s foot overbridge shortly after the stabbing. Police later confirmed that the weapon used was a pair of forceps, which the accused allegedly pulled out from his bag during the argument.

Assistant Commissioner of Police Kishore Shinde said the accused confessed to the confrontation and admitted to stabbing Singh after pushing him aggressively despite the presence of women passengers blocking the exit. The accused has been booked under Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and remanded to GRP custody till January 30.

As Singh’s family performed his last rites, the tragedy triggered widespread fear and anger among Mumbai’s daily commuters. Many questioned the lack of visible security on overcrowded local trains and platforms, especially during peak hours.

The killing has reignited a broader debate on passenger safety, unchecked aggression, and violence in public transport, leaving the city mourning yet another life lost in a space meant for routine daily travel.