mumbai badlapur resident chandan singh 28 intended to leave for his hometown in madhya pradesh in a year to avoid risky commute on mumbais local trains the badlapur residents worst fears came true on friday for he was among the 22 who died in the stampede at elphinstone road station bridge he is survived by his wife and a twoyearold child the accountant with a private company in elphinstone road had gotten off the train at parel when it began to pour he might have taken shelter on the bridge which connects parel with elphinstone while waiting for the downpour to subside said a colleague chandans uncle subhash singh in pic who reached kem hospital to claim the body said i called chandans father in satna madhya pradesh and told him of an accident however he himself asked whether his son was alive or it was a shock for him added subhash in between sobs avdhesh singh chandans father has left for the city avdhesh wanted chandan to settle in bhopal which is around 450km from satna avdhesh always felt that mumbai was a fast city and travelling by crowded trains is lifethreatening he kept begging his son to leave mumbai and recently chandan too fell in line with the idea he wanted to save before leaving the city for good