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A staffer at the Western Railways (WR) workshop in Lower Parel was run over by a train after it came in the wrong direction during a shunting operation on Thursday night.op..
A technical issue with the points on the track could be one of the reasons for the accident, which is being investigated, sources said..
. Around 11.09pm on Thursday, Kasim Shaikh, 44, who worked as a senior points man, set the points for an engine shunting three coaches to move forward out of the bogie section into the mainline of the workshop, officials said..
However, it is alleged the three coaches and the engine came in the reverse direction on the same rail line and dashed against Shaikh who was barely 50 meters away or so..
Shunting means the movement of a coach or coaches with or without an engine or of any engine or any other self-propelled vehicle, for attaching, detaching or transfer or for any other purpose..
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