India, Nov. 11 -- "Yeh 2008 ka badla hai."

These were the words that a passenger on the Jaipur-Mumbai Superfast Express heard a Railway Police Force (RPF) cop saying in the early hours of July 31, 2023. The policeman was in uniform and holding a rifle; he was standing near the body of a bearded passenger lying on the compartment floor, the passenger told the Dindoshi sessions court on Monday.

The court is trying former RPF constable Chetan Singh Chaudhary for shooting dead his senior officer and three identifiably Muslim passengers on the train on July 31, 2023. The 32-year-old GST Customs employee, whose identity is being withheld due to safety concerns, was the 13th prosecution witness to depose in the case.

The witness told public p...