Mumbai Train Murder: Police Foil Escape Plan
What Happened on the Train?
Tuesday night. A Churchgate-Nalasopara fast local train. A routine commute turned into tragedy over something as simple as whether to keep a door open during heavy rain.
Roshan Suvarna, 30, allegedly got into a heated argument with Mayank Lohar, 22, inside the first-class compartment. The argument escalated quickly. Other passengers intervened, punching Suvarna near his eye and moving Lohar to safety, but Suvarna wasn’t done. He pulled a knife from his bag and stabbed Lohar in the stomach.
Lohar later died from his injuries. Suvarna? He jumped off the train at Borivali station and vanished into the crowd.
The Fugitive’s Plan (That Didn’t Work Out)
After the stabbing, Suvarna had a plan. Go home to Mira Road, clean up, pack a bag, and disappear south to Mangaluru. Simple, right? Wrong.
He took an autorickshaw home, took a bath, changed clothes, packed his blood-stained outfit into a backpack, and told his family he was heading to his uncle’s place in Panvel. What he really did was book a bus ticket to Mangaluru scheduled to depart at 3 PM Wednesday afternoon. He thought he had time.
Spoiler alert: He didn’t.
Who Is Roshan Suvarna?
- Age: 30 years old
- Lives in: Mira Road, Mumbai
- Works at: Cargo handling company near Andheri Airport
- Criminal Record: Clean (no prior offenses)
- The Problem: Short temper + heavy drinking (consumed entire bottle of rum that night)
- The Weapon: Friend gave him the knife days before the incident
How Police Caught Him (Spoiler: A T-Shirt Logo)
The Borivali GRP launched a massive manhunt. Nearly 400 CCTV cameras were reviewed across the Churchgate-Nalasopara route. Thousands of commuters. No clear suspect. Seems impossible, right?
Then investigators spotted something. On one of the CCTV feeds, the suspect was wearing a T-shirt with a company logo on it. That tiny detail—a logo—was the breakthrough they needed. Police traced it to the cargo handling company near Andheri Airport where Suvarna worked and confirmed his identity.
Using traffic signal cameras and autorickshaw tracking, they followed his escape route from Borivali to his home in Mira Road. His family was questioned, and they revealed his plan: escape to Panvel, catch a bus to Mangaluru.
Hour by Hour: The 15-Hour Chase
Caught One Hour Before His Bus
Armed with location tracking and his mobile number provided by his father, police zeroed in on Panvel railway station. At 2 PM—just one hour before his bus was supposed to leave—they found Suvarna waiting there and detained him.
When arrested, Suvarna asked if Mayank Lohar was still alive. Police initially told him the victim was undergoing treatment. But Suvarna later searched online and found news reports confirming that Lohar was dead. That’s when it hit him—his escape plan had failed.
The Takeaway
One bad decision on a rainy Tuesday night. One moment of rage fueled by alcohol. One company logo visible in CCTV footage. That’s all it took to turn a murder case into a solved investigation within 15 hours. Roshan Suvarna thought he had a plan. Police had better intelligence—and justice moved faster than a bus to Mangaluru.