India, Jan. 28 -- Hunt for murder weapon underway, cops search Shinde's home

MUMBAI: Omkar Shinde, the 27-year-old metal worker who killed a college lecturer in a crowded local train, says he experienced a sudden impulse to stab Alok Singh, 33, as he felt "insulted" and "embarrassed" by the deceased during their altercation over right of way in the train.

Shinde stabbed Singh in the abdomen as he alighted from the train after it pulled into Malad station on Saturday evening. When Shinde asked Singh to move forward, to make sure they could alight from the coach, Singh said he couldn't as there was a woman in front of him.

Shinde admits the two had argued but claims the deceased and his colleague, also a lecturer at NM College where Sing...