Click to play videoNew Delhi: Last week, a boy from Bihar was allegedly beaten to death by the workers of Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, who attacked north Indians appearing for railway recruitment exam in Mumbai.
However, in a major twist to the case, CCTV footage released by the Mumbai Railway authority shows that the boy, Pawan, died when he slipped off platform 1 while waiting to board a local train at the Andheri station.
The footage contradicts Railway Minister Lalu Prasad's claims that Pawan was killed by MNS workers.
However, Pawan's father says he will not withdraw his case against the MNS.
"He has been killed by MNS workers. I will not withdraw the case," Pawan's father Jagdish Prasad said.
Pawan's death and the attack on other candidates like him triggered off week-long protests in Patna.
The Railway authority says Pawan was waiting for a local train on platform No. 1 of Andheri station. Pawan's examination centre was in Bhayandar.
“It’s an accident, eyewitnesses told u s it happened at around 0730 hrs (IST) on Oct 19,” said a railway official Nashir Shaikh.
Meanwhile, violence continues in Bihar where angry students pelted stones at a railway station in Dharbhanga on Saturday.
Police had to resort to lathicharge to get the crowd under control. The students were protesting attacks by the MNS on north Indian candidates at the railway recruitment exams in Mumbai earlier this week.
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