Overview
- The accident occurred as workers dismantled the station’s old ticket house when an adjoining ageing iron staircase gave way.
- One labourer was rescued with severe leg injuries and remains critical at Shahapur sub-district hospital, according to doctors.
- A second labourer was declared dead at the site, with rescuers using a gas cutter to free the body from the rusted structure.
- Police and railway teams led the response, and the deceased has been sent for post-mortem while identities have not been disclosed.
- The incident has intensified scrutiny of demolition practices on Central Railway premises, with findings of the inquiry awaited.