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Accused held within 12 hours for professor’s murder at Mumbai’s Malad railway station

The accused was arrested within 12 hours after stabbing professor Alok Kumar Singh, following a minor argument at Malad railway station, police said.

  • On Sunday , the Government Railway Police arrested 27-year-old Omkar Eknath Shinde from Kurar for a Saturday evening murder at Malad railway station within 12 hours.
  • A minor argument between commuters led to Alok Kumar Singh, 33, professor at NM College, Vile Parle, having a dispute with Shinde while alighting from a local train around 5:40 pm.
  • CCTV footage shows Shinde stabbed Singh in the stomach on platform number 1, Malad railway station, before fleeing; the murder weapon has not been recovered.
  • Singh was rushed to hospital and declared dead, while Shinde was charged under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and remanded to police custody for five days.
  • Singh's family connections highlight that Anil Kumar Singh, father of the victim and member of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's security detail, was in Delhi for Republic Day preparations when informed; police said Singh had planned to celebrate his wife's birthday with dinner shortly before the attack.
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