3 minutes of readingBombayUpdated: February 6, 2026 01:01 pm IST
A 28-year-old commuter suffered a serious eye injury after a stone thrown during a fight between two passengers inside a Mumbai local train hit him at Bandra railway station on Wednesday night, the Government Railway Police said.
The accused, Yogendra Boddha, 26, was arrested by the Bandra GRP on Thursday morning. Police said the stone was thrown with the intention of hitting another traveler during an argument, but it missed its target and instead hit the victim, Nishant Khatri, who was traveling in the same compartment.
Khatri is currently undergoing treatment at Hinduja Hospital. “A small part of the retina of his left eye was broken. Doctors are trying their best to save his eye,” said Chief Inspector Shahji Nikam of the Bandra GRP.
The incident occurred around 11 pm when Khatri was returning home from work. He had boarded a quick stop at Andheri Churchgate from Andheri station around 10.40 pm after leaving his office in Sakinaka.
According to the police, during the trip an argument occurred between two travelers inside the compartment. When the train stopped at Bandra station, one of the men allegedly jumped to the eastern side of the tracks, picked up stones and started throwing them into the compartment.
“The first stone missed its target and hit the train. He then picked up another stone and threw it inside the compartment. Again it missed the intended person and hit Khatri under his left eye. He was sitting in the third seat on the right side,” Nikam said.
Khatri immediately got off the train and approached the GRP staff on the platform. Police rushed him to Bhabha Hospital in a 108 ambulance parked outside the station before he was shifted to Hinduja Hospital for further treatment.
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Based on CCTV footage from Bandra and Dadar stations, the Bandra GRP tracked down and arrested the accused at Dadar railway station on Thursday morning. Boddha, a resident of Vasai, works as a labourer, police said.
A case has been registered against him under section 118(2) of Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita for voluntarily causing grievous hurt or hurt by dangerous weapons or means.
“Arguments and fights between commuters in local trains are very common due to overcrowding, but people generally do not go to the extent of taking revenge by permanently harming someone. Last month, a teacher was stabbed to death after a fight over getting off the train at Malad station, and here one commuter damaged another’s eye,” said a GRP officer.
Police said the investigation is continuing and more statements are being recorded.