Overview
- Authorities identified the injured man as 30-year-old Purshottam Paswan from Jharkhand, who fell between the platform and the Indrayani Express at Thane.
- RPF in-charge Surendra Koshta said Paswan had been performing stunts since the train left Pune and that a guard warned him to stop at Lonavala.
- Passengers alerted the guard when he fell, the emergency brake was applied, and RPF and GRP teams reached the platform to carry out the rescue.
- Doctors first moved Paswan to Kalwa Hospital and then referred him to Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital in Sion for advanced care, with no public update on his prognosis.
- A video of the aftermath posted on Instagram drew wide attention, and police are investigating the incident as reports circulate with unverified claims about alcohol use.