Four persons were killed on Monday when an Indian railway security guard opened fire on a train that was travelling through the western state of Maharashtra, according to a Western Railway official.
Around 6 a.m. local time (8:30 p.m. ET Sunday), the event happened aboard a passenger train running between Jaipur and Mumbai, the spokeswoman said on camera for the Indian news agency Asian News International.
The spokesman said that constable Chetan Kumar of the Railway Protection Force killed his coworker and three other passengers.
Three other passengers were also shot during the incident, according to the spokeswoman. “A constable, Chetan Kumar, opened fire on his colleague Tikaram Meena.”
The spokeswoman added that he pulled the alarm and jumped off the train before being apprehended by authorities.
The spokeswoman stated that an investigation is ongoing and that the cause of the incident is “yet to be established.”
The passenger list is still being used to identify the victims, he continued.
Neeraj Kumar, the divisional railway manager, informed reporters that the families are being contacted and that the next of kin will receive compensation.