The Government Railway Police have pressed charges of promoting enmity on grounds of religion on Chetan Singh, the Railway Protection Force constable who killed four men including a tribal officer and three Muslim passengers on the Jaipur-Mumbai Central Superfast Express.
He had already been booked under IPC 302 (murder) and relevant sections of the Arms Act and the Railways Act.
Besides the Indian Penal Code section 153A and 363 (kidnapping), Singh has also been slapped with IPC sections 341 (wrongful restraint) and 342 (wrongful confinement), the railway police told a Borivali court on Monday.
Section 153A was added on the basis of the viral video clips of the incident that took place on July 31. The video clips, shot by passengers on the train, showed Singh making Islamophobic statements.
The victims of the fatal train shooting are RPF Assistant Sub-Inspector Tikaram Meena, Abdul Kadar, 64, Asgar Abbas Ali, 48 and Syed Saifullah.
In one of the videos widely shared on the social media platform X, earlier known as Twitter, the killer is seen standing next to a blood-soaked body of Muslim man with his rifle in one hand.
“If you want to live and vote in Hindustan [India], I am telling you, it’s only Modi and Yogi,” he was heard saying in the video.
The fatal shooting has been condemned by Muslim groups, Opposition parties and rights activists, with they, calling it “cold-blooded murders” and “targeted attack against Muslims.”
Meanwhile, the Borivali court remanded Singh in police custody till August 11.
