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A man who thought his ex-lover was not a good enough mother to bring up her toddler decided he would ‘save’ the youngster from a ‘miserable life’ by throwing him under a train.

Sandeep Bhaire also planned to kill himself but changed his mind after witnessing the train slice off the young boy’s arm.

Miraculously, four-year-old Raja survived the ordeal after Bhaire picked the child up and took him to hospital.

Estate agent Bhaire, 30, from Mumbai, had recently just finished a relationship with the child’s mother, 29-year-old Anita Sharman.

The pair had been in a relationship for two years following her split from Raja’s father but Bhaire finished it after becoming convinced his partner was cheating on him.

Despite finishing the relationship, Bhaire had become attached to Raja and was worried the child would not be properly brought up.

After meeting his ex, the two argued and he hatched his plan to take the boy and commit suicide after killing him to "save him from a miserable life”.

Police spokesman Ahmed Khan said: "He had a very bad relationship with the woman and was convinced she was cheating on him.

"After they separated he asked to take the boy for a walk to explain it to him, but ran off with the child instead.”

After taking the boy, Bhaire went to a nearby railway where he hurled the unsuspecting toddler under the wheels of an oncoming train.

A police spokesman said: "He then planed to do the same but when he saw the boy’s arm being chopped off by the train’s wheels he froze with fear.”

Bhaire then took the injured buy to a local hospital where doctors were able to save his life.

He is still in intensive care.

The police spokesman said: "The child was very lucky to survive. We have spoken to the woman and she has lodged a formal complaint of kidnapping.”

Bhaire now faces charges of abduction and attempted murder.