Vadodara, one of the stops on Shah Rukh Khan's Mumbai to Delhi #RaeesByRail journey, witnessed an unfortunate mishap after the August Kranti Express, in which SRK was travelling, left the station on Monday night. Shortly after the train left, the crowd of gathered fans surged toward the station exit, and in the rush, Farheed Khan Pathan, a local politician, died of a cardiac arrest after being caught up in the stampede-like situation.

Officials at the railway police control room in Vadodara told us, “At around 10.30 pm, the train arrived at platform number six of the station and halted for ten minutes. Some people started banging on the train's window panes. Police had to resort to mild lathi charge to control the situation.“

Two constables of the Railway Police also sustained injuries. Mr Pathan was reportedly standing on a side when he was caught in the stampede that followed the lathi charge. He fell to the ground and was suffocated as he was run over by people. He suffered a cardiac arrest and despite being rushed to a nearby hospital, his life couldn't be saved. Due to the chaos preceding this mishap, SRK could not meet the fans and the crowd barely got a glimpse of the actor, though Vadodara-based cricketers Irrfan and Yusuf Pathan got to meet him inside the train.

The deceased had come to the station to meet his niece, Samina Shaikh (Times of India online and MissKyra Digital Manager), who was travelling in the same train as part of the contingent covering the journey. Following the tragedy, Samina, along with her mother, deboarded at Ratlam station at around 2:30 am and left for Vadodara. The film's team arranged transportation for them.

After arriving at Delhi's Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station on Tuesday morning, Shah Rukh Khan expressed his condolences to the family of the deceased and said, “It's unfortunate, my prayers are with the family of the deceased. I just spoke to the journalist; she has reached there. I think the burial is in an hour or half hour. We have some of our people with the family members there.“ In the subdued mood following the episode, SRK did not meet fans at the Delhi station, and made a quiet exit.

Talking about the unfortunate incident, Samina said, “It's unfortunate that my uncle lost his life. He succumbed to suffocation as it was crowded and he was a heart patient.“