The GRP has got the custody of RPF constable Chetan Kumar Singh, who killed four people on board an express train on July 31, after it told a Borivli court that Singh was mentally sound.
The 33-year-old RPF constable was produced before the Borivli magistrate court on Monday, which remanded him in Government Railway Police (GRP) custody until August 11.
On the morning of July 31, Singh shot dead his senior officer and three passengers aboard Jaipur-Mumbai Central Superfast Express. Someone pulled the emergency chain and he fled from the train, before being caught outside by GRP officers who had been alerted.
He had reportedly fired 12 rounds in less than 40 minutes.
He had spoken to his wife over the phone after the crime and told her she had to raise their kids on her own now, police said.
The police have recorded the statements of more than 100 people. His wife Renu, who came down to Mumbai from Mathura, has reportedly told the police that he had suffered a fall a few years back and was being treated for neurological problems following that. The police are yet to check the veracity of the documents submitted by her in support of her claim.
GRP officials told the court they would also scan the CCTV footage and find out if Singh was instigated by someone to commit the crime.
According to sources, Singh told the GRP and the RPF personnel that if the train had not stopped, he would have killed eight-10 more people. “He has said that his final wish is to go to Pakistan and kill everyone there,” a GRP source said.
He appears to have hatred against the Muslim community, the source added. “This is the reason why he refused to undergo a medical check-up by a bearded doctor (an intern) when he was taken to Cooper hospital following his arrest. He thought he was a Muslim. When other young doctors without a beard were called, he did not protest,” the source added.
Singh’s lawyer Surendra Landage, however, claimed that Singh was mentally unwell. “He was not in his senses at the time of the crime,” he said. Landage said the police had not presented any report, except Singh’s regular medical check-up like psychological tests before the court in the second remand hearing.
The Borivli GRP has added IPC Section 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony) to the FIR against Singh.
They have also added Sections 363 (punishment for kidnapping), 341 (punishment for wrongful restraint), and 342 (punishment for wrongful confinement) of the IPC based on the statement of Jaffar Khan, a witness in the case. Khan told the GRP that Singh had taken Sayed Saifuddin, one of the deceased passengers, at gunpoint from B2 coach and shot him at point-blank range near the pantry, the source added.
Also Read: Gujarat Govt Plans Air Connectivity For Smaller Cities In State
