Two passengers fight at open door of Mumbai local, youth falls onto platform from moving train

A video showing two passengers fighting at the door of a moving Mumbai local train, and one of them falling onto the platform, is spreading rapidly on social media. Scuffles between commuters are often reported on the trains described as the city's lifeline, but the footage has shocked viewers.

The video shows the coach packed with passengers. An argument starts between two of them over something, and within moments it escalates, with both hitting each other with kicks and punches.

Other passengers in the coach are seen trying to calm the two down, but the dispute only grows. Still fighting and shoving, the two reach the open door of the train, making the situation extremely dangerous.

The youth, who is wearing a black-and-white checked shirt, suddenly loses his balance. After the other man pushes him, he is thrown out of the open door of the moving train and falls hard on the platform. The fall was captured on video. Panic breaks out among passengers in the coach, and some are seen shouting as he falls, but by then the train has moved on.

After the video went viral, there is widespread anger on social media, and questions are being raised about passengers who resort to blows over a minor dispute. Users say that fighting at the door of a moving local amounts to risking their own lives and those of other passengers. Many are demanding that the railway police take immediate action against the passengers involved so that such incidents are curbed.

Lakhs of passengers travel by Mumbai local trains every day, and fights and shoving near the doors of crowded coaches can prove fatal for other passengers as well. There is currently no official information on the exact location and date of the incident, the youth's condition or any action by the railway police.