A last-minute announcement regarding a platform change at Ahilyanagar railway station sparked a stampede-like situation on the night of March 15, according to Andheri West resident Anand Shirali, who was awaiting the 11042 Sainagar Shirdi-Dadar Central Express with his wife Priti and daughter Risaa at the time of the incident. Shirali, a regular traveller to Ahilyanagar told mid-day, “The train arrives at 11.10 pm, as per schedule. At times, the platform is changed from 1 to 2 as several goods trains ply on the Platform 1 track.”

Priti and Risaa Shirali during an earlier visit to Ahmednagar, now Ahilyanagar PICS/ANAND SHIRALI