The family members and friends of one of the people who were shot dead by a Railway Protection Force (FPF) constable termed the incident a ‘hate crime’ considering that three of the four victims were Muslims.
RPF constable Chetan Kumar opened fire inside the running Jaipur Express (12956) near Palghar Railway Station in Maharashtra on Monday and killed four people – an Assistant Police Sub-Inspector Tikaram Meena and three other passengers who were Muslims.