New Delhi: Hussain Bhanpurwala, whose father was shot dead by Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable Chetan Singh on July 31, told the Times of India that he feels it is no longer safe for his family to live in India.

"My father had a business of baby products and was doing well. But this incident has shattered our lives. We will take our mother with us to Dubai and don't intend to move here anymore. It's just not safe," Hussain, who lives and works in Dubai with his brother, told TOI.

Responding to earlier statements made in Singh's remand copy indicating that he committed the killings due to being of an unstable mind, Hussain expressed doubts over this narrative.

"I have so many questions … Media reports say that Singh had an argument with his senior over not being relieved from duty. The police have no explanation as to why were my father and two passengers from different coaches killed," TOI quoted him as saying.

"If Singh was mentally ill as he claims, how did he only target bearded passengers?"

Hussain also expressed disappointment over what he said was a lack of support from the Maharashtra government.

"Political leaders from non-BJP ruling states have reached out to us offering support but the BJP-ruled Maharashtra government is silent. What do we make of this?"

Thirty-three-year-old Singh is accused of shooting to death his senior colleague Tikaram Meena, and three civilians Abdul Qadirbhai Mohammed Hussain Bhanpurwala, Akhtar Abbas Ali, and Sadar Mohammed Hussain, all of whom were travelling aboard the Jaipur-Mumbai Superfast Express train.

The three civilians were visibly Muslim, and Singh is alleged to have walked through the train's coaches in order to identify victims.

A purported video of Singh speaking to passengers while standing over one of his victims’ bloodied body went viral on social media, in which he says in Hindi:

“Pakistan se operate hue hain, tumhari media, yahi media coverage dikha rahi hai hai, pata chal raha hai unko, sab pata chal raha hai, inke aaqa hai wahan… Agar vote dena hai, agar Hindustan me rehna hai, toh mai kehta hoon, Modi aur Yogi, ye do hain, aur aapke Thackeray.”

[‘They operate from Pakistan, this is what the media of the country is showing, they have found out, they know everything, their leaders are there… If you want to vote, if you want to live in India, then I say, Modi and Yogi, these are the two, and your Thackeray’.]

Although Singh's remand copy did not invoke sections of the Indian Penal Code relating to hate crimes and communally-charged offences, Government Railway Police (GRP) officials have decided to include provisions pertaining to inciting communal disharmony against Singh.

The GRP said in a Mumbai court on Monday (August 7) that Singh was of sound mental health and sought his custody till Friday (August 11), Mid-Day reported.

Sources also told the Mumbai daily that Singh expressed no remorse for what he did and said he would kill more people in the train as well as everyone in Pakistan if given the opportunity.

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