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As the train was slow, Pawar got down and started chasing the thief.After some distance, he was surrounded by a group of drug addicts and soon a scuffle broke out between them.They started pushing and manhandling Pawar, the police official said.”During the scuffle, one of the accused persons injected Pawar with a poisonous substance on his back while others held him,” he said, adding that they also poured a red colour liquid in his mouth.Pawar fell unconscious. He regained his consciousness the next morning and managed to return home, the official added.But as his condition worsened, his family members shifted him to a hospital in Thane city.Officials of the Kopri police station recorded his statement and registered a case against unidentified persons.The case was then transferred to the Government Railway Police (GRP) at Dadar.”During the treatment, Pawar’s health deteriorated and he died on Wednesday,” the official said.The GRP officials have launched a probe in the case and they have formed several teams to nab the accused, he said.

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