India, Feb. 11 -- An 18-year-old Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) student died after falling from a running local train on Tuesday morning while travelling to his examination centre in Kalwa, triggering renewed anger over commuter safety on the suburban rail network.

According to the police, the incident occurred between Mumbra and Kalwa railway stations during peak rush hours in the morning. The victim, Soham Kothare, who was a resident of Azde village in Dombivli East, had been allotted an examination centre at Manisha Nagar, Kalwa. He was on his way to appear for his HSC board examination, scheduled from 11 am to 2 pm, when the tragedy struck.

The police said that on Tuesday morning, Kothare boarded a crowded local train from Dombi...