India, Aug. 21 -- A 62-year-old disabled man was pushed to his death from a moving train between Mahim and Bandra stations on Thursday afternoon, after a quarrel over seating. This is the third commuter death in Mumbai's suburban trains this year, after seemingly routine disputes have quickly escalated into fatal attacks.

The deceased, Cajetan Denis Pires, an amputee and a resident of Santacruz east, was travelling in the Divyangjan coach reserved for commuters with disabilities in a Churchgate-Borivali train, when the incident took place at 1.24pm.

Shahaji Nikam, senior police inspector, Bandra GRP, said Pires was travelling from Mahim to Santacruz, when he noticed Amajad Safruddin Shaikh, 48, an able-bodied man, seated in the coach re...