In a shocking example of the danger of such acts, a teenager who went viral for performing a skating stunt hanging from a local train in Mumbai was traced by the Railway Protection Force, but when cops went to arrest him, it turned out the youngster has lost an arm and leg.
The youngster’s video, which showed him engaged in a dangerous act while clinging on to a train moving out of a platform, had gone viral after it was posted on X on July 14. The Central Railway posted a video on social media to issue a warning against performing dangerous acts like this.
Central Railway has identified the stunt performer from this viral video, who later lost an arm and leg during another stunt. @RPFCRBB swiftly took action to ensure safety.
We urge all passengers to avoid life-threatening stunts and report such incidents at 9004410735 / 139.… https://t.co/HJQ1y25Xkv pic.twitter.com/DtJAb7VyXI— Central Railway (@Central_Railway) July 26, 2024
According to an official, the youngster was identified as Farhat Azam Shaikh from Wadala. He performed the stunt in the video on March 7 and, later in an attempt to execute another such stunt, lost an arm and leg on April 14.
A case was registered by the Wadala unit of the RPF, which was successful in tracing the youngster to his home in Antop Hill in central Mumbai a few days later. “When the RPF found him, they were shocked since the boy, identified as Farhat Azam Shaikh, had lost a leg and arm in a stunt he performed on April 14 at Masjid station. He told us the July 14 video that went viral was of March 7 this year. It was recorded at Sewri station by a friend who uploaded it on social media,” the official said.