2026

The verdict in the Mumbra accident case was expected on Wednesday. However, the final hearing of the case will take place today, and the verdict is likely to be announced. Two engineers found guilty in the Mumbra accident have approached the Thane Sessions Court for anticipatory bail. However, their lawyers countered the government’s claim on Wednesday by presenting various videos before the court. At this time, the government lawyers argued that there was no crowd in the Kasara train, which was also refuted by the engineers’ lawyer Baldevsingh Rajput.

A 28-year old fireman was electrocuted while another fireman sustained serious burn injuries on Sunday while rescuing a pigeon that got trapped inside an electric box. The deceased fireman has been identified as Utsab Patil, while the injured fireman has been identified as Azad Patil (29). According to the disaster management cell of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC), the incident took place at Thane’s Diva Sheel road around 5pm on Sunday. Civic officials said the pigeon got stuck at a critical position and if it was not taken out, not only the bird would have died but it would have led to a transformer-blast like situation. “The pigeon got entangled on a overhead cable wire and while carrying the rescue operation , one the firemen got exposed to a high voltage live wire which caught fire. While one of the rescuers got electrocuted, another one sustained serious injuries,” said a spokesperson from the municipal corporation.