It’s been a year since RPF constable Chetan Singh Chaudhary killed his senior officer and three passengers on the Mumbai-Jaipur Express. The accused remains in jail, but the incident is still vivid in the witnesses’ memories. Singh’s lawyer reports that charges are yet to be framed. mid-day spoke to passengers who travelled on the Mumbai-Jaipur Express and family members of the deceased.

Hyderabad businessman Muhammad Zafar Khan, 77, was traveling with his caretaker, Sayed Saifuddin, who was shot by Chetan Singh. Saifuddin had travelled with Khan to the Ajmer Dargah, and due to a lack of flight tickets, they took the Jaipur Express to Mumbai. Khan’s brother, Ismail Khan, still regrets their decision to take the train. “If we had gone by flight two days later, Saifuddin would have been alive today,” said Ismail Khan.