RPF constable Chetan Singh is facing charges including murder, promoting enmity on grounds of religion for the deaths of his senior ASI Tikaram Meena, and three Muslim passengers Asgar Ali Abbas Shaikh, Abdul Kader Bhanpurwala, and Syed Saifuddin with his service rifle on the train.
Investigators are also looking into the possibility that accused Chetan Singh may have been motivated by religious or political extremism. However, they have not found any evidence to support this theory, yet
The Maharashtra unit of People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) Monday said it is not only beyond imagination but mischievous the Railway Police s claim that the RPF shooter, Chetan Singh, who killed his senior and three Muslims on a moving train was "mentally unstable".
Days after constable Chetan Singh was charged with murder and provisions of Arms Act, on Monday Borivali Government Railway Police added Section 153A (promoting enmity) to the FIR.