RPF constable guns down man

A 31-year-old man from Rajasthan was allegedly shot dead by a Railway Protection Force constable in "self defence" after he attacked his colleagues with stones and snatched rifle from one of them at Saswad Road railway station near here today.
The incident occurred in wee hours when the deceased, later identified as Suresh Purohit, was sitting on the roof of an engine of a Mumbai-bound Mahalaxmi Express.
"As soon as the driver of the train realised that someone was sitting on the roof, he immediately halted the train at Saswad Road railway station and ordered the man to come down," said a station duty officer, Government Railway Police, Pune.

However, as Purohit refused to budge, the loco pilot summoned RPF personnel who were on the same train.
"The four RPF men came and tried to bring the man down. However, after alighting, Purohit started hitting them with stones in which two constables got injured seriously.
"The man then snatched a rifle from an injured constable and pointed it at them while threatening to kill them and other passengers in the train, which prompted one of the constables, Tanaji Hanawate to open fire in self defense," the officer said.
Purohit was immediately rushed to the hospital, where he was declared dead.

"A case has been registered against the deceased under relevant sections including section 307 (attempt to murder) of IPC, and the Railway Act," the officer added.