When we got the call in the morning, I thought it was a prank. It was only when they put my brother on the line, I realised that it was true,” Rushika Bhagat, the sister of 22-year-old Tushar Bhagat, who sustained injuries to his head in the mishap near Mumbra station, told mid-day.

Tushar was on his way from Titwala to Thane. “Though luckily, he did not fall off the train, we were informed that he was right behind the constable who died. The impact of the fast trains was so high that my brother sustained fractures along with the head injury,” she added.

Relatives’ frustration