Archive · 22 Jan 2026
Man Loses Leg in Mumbai Train Snatching Attempt
A man named Ritesh Yerunkar was on a train in Mumbai when another man, Kailash Jadhav, tried to steal his phone.
Ritesh tried to stop him and fell off the moving train.
He lost his left leg and was badly hurt.
The police caught the thief, who said he needed money for drugs.
Ritesh is in the hospital, and the thief is in jail.
Ritesh Yerunkar lost his left leg after falling from a moving train while resisting a mobile snatching attempt at Ambernath railway station.
The accused, Kailash Jadhav, a 27-year-old drug addict, was arrested by the Kalyan Government Railway Police (GRP).
Yerunkar boarded a Badlapur-bound train at Thane and was watching a movie on his phone when Jadhav snatched it at Ambernath station.
Yerunkar fell into the gap between the train and the platform, crushing his left leg above the knee, and was rushed to KEM Hospital in Mumbai.
Jadhav was arrested while trying to escape and has been booked for attempt to murder and attempt to culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
- Who
- Ritesh Yerunkar, a 30-year-old mall worker, and Kailash Jadhav, a 27-year-old drug addict
- What
- Ritesh Yerunkar lost his left leg after falling from a moving train while resisting a mobile snatching attempt
- When
- Around 11:45 PM on Sunday, January 21, 2026
- Where
- Ambernath railway station, Mumbai
- Why
- Kailash Jadhav attempted to snatch Yerunkar's mobile phone to finance his drug habit
- Victim
- Ritesh Yerunkar, 30-year-old mall worker
- Accused
- Kailash Jadhav, 27-year-old drug addict
- Location
- Ambernath railway station, Mumbai
- Incident Time
- Around 11:45 PM on Sunday
- Charges
- Attempt to murder and attempt to culpable homicide not amounting to murder
- Phone Value
- Less than ₹20,000
- Hospital
- KEM Hospital, Mumbai