Mumbai: Canteen staffer attacks 2 blind men over ‘price’ of samosa

Kalyan: Government Railway Police on Tuesday arrested a canteen staffer for stabbing two blind passengers with a sharp weapon over a dispute of Rs2 for samosas at Ambernath railway station.
Mangalsingh Kushwah (27) hails from MP and resides at Ambernath, where he works at Udaydas Ratandas tea stall on platform 1.
Kalyan GRP officials said on Monday at 4pm Dilip More (28) and his friend Bandu Kohare (30) from Vangani went to buy samosas at the canteen.Kushwah asked them for Rs10 for a samosa while the complainant claimed railways had fixed the MRP at Rs8.
Sub-inspector Anil Javle said, “When the duo told Kushwah to return Rs2, he got angry. He finally returned the Rs2 but threatened them not to return to buy samosa. When they asked him why he was threatening them, the accused got angry, took a glass from his canteen and attacked More and manhandled Kohare.”
Javle said both suffered minor injuries and were sent home after treatment.
Kalyan GRP booked the accused under section 324 (assault) and arrested Kushwah. Pradeep Gupta