India, March 27 -- Chetansingh Chaudhary, the dismissed railway police force (RPF) constable accused of shooting dead his senior and three Muslim passengers on-board the Jaipur-Mumbai Central Superfast Express in July 2023, is under observation for suspected psychosis, the Thane Regional Mental Hospital has told the Dindoshi sessions court.

Chaudhary's lawyer had requested the court, where his trial is ongoing, to postpone the earlier hearing, saying evidence should not be recorded in absence of the accused. The court had then directed the Thane Central Jail to obtain and submit his medical report by March 29.

Accordingly, on March 24, jail authorities submitted the report of the District Mental Health Review Board, stating Chaudhary wa...