Mumbai: The Government Railway Police have detained 10 activists of Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) from Khopoli in connection with Tuesday’s killing of an Uttar Pradesh youth in a Mumbai local train.
Dharamdev Rai, a 25-year-old labourer from UP, was beaten up on board a local train from Khopoli to Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus station and later succumbed to his injuries.
Brahmdev Rai, brother of the dead, man claimed the people who attacked Dharamdev first asked them whether he and his friends were North Indians. “My brother died on the spot—that is what I heard from people traveling along with him,” said Brahmdev.
The Maharashtra government has announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh for Rai’s family.
The state government has also ordered a high-level inquiry into the killing of Rai.
Reacting to the tragedy, Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh said that incident was unfortunate and the government has taken serious note of it.
"The government will provide all necessary security to North Indians. They should not worry any more. I have ordered Chief Secretary to enquire into this incident," Deshmukh said.
Meanwhile, the MNS said that three of their supporters have already been released and added that all those detained are all being held for no reason.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has already asked the Central Government to control the ongoing violence against North Indians in Maharashtra.
She also announced Rs 2 lakh as compensation for Uttar Pradesh youth Dharamdev Rai, who was beaten to death by a group of Marathi-speaking youth inside a Mumbai local train on Tuesday afternoon.
Samajwadi Party, too, seems keen to join hands with Mayawati on the North Indian versus Maharashtra divide.
Samajwadi Party General Secretary Amar Singh said that if the Bahujan Samaj Party chief agrees, then a joint delegation of UP politicians could meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the issue.
The Union Home Ministry has also sought details from Maharashtra government on the killing of the UP youth.
Rai and three other labourers - Vijendra Rai (35), Satyaprakash Kaushal Rai and Shiv Kumar Verma (both 25) - from UP were on their way to Kurla on Tuesday afternoon when they were beaten up on the running train by 8-10 people.
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Rai's friends have alleged that they were beaten by Marathi-speaking youth, after they learnt that the labourers were North Indians.
"After the train left the station, some people entered our compartment. They asked us where we were from. When they learnt we are from UP they made us sit separately. Then they first verbally abused us and then started beating us up," Dharamdev Rai's friend Virendra Kumar Rai claimed.
The youths started beating all the four as the train approached Karjat. While his friends managed to escape with minor injuries, Rai was beaten up brutally.
Rai was admitted to the Dubey hospital in Badlapur but succumbed to his injuries.
The incident happened at around 1412-1415 hrs IST on Tuesday and rain was declared dead on arrival at a hospital in Badlapur at about 1530 hrs IST.
The post-mortem report confirmed death due to puncturing of the liver at about 2200 hrs IST.
Rai, who hails from Sant Kabir Nagar in Faizabad in UP, had been working in Mumbai for the past few months.
Government Railway Police (GRP) Commissioner AK Sharma told CNN-IBN that a case has been registered for murder and rioting.
"Post-mortem report confirmed that he was beaten up. He died because of injuries to his liver," Sharma said.
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