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Tragic end Duo killed in subway crash ID’d as longtime friends, recent Rutgers grads just starting their careers

By Big New York · 09/14/2026 · Updated 09/14/2026

Malaika Chitre and Navam Kaul, both 24 and from New Jersey, traveled in the same circles at Rutgers and beyond, said Rajnikant Pipalia, whose son counted Kaul as a good pal. The tragic pair fatally struck by a subway train in Manhattan over the weekend — and whose final moments were captured in a haunting.

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Malaika Chitre and Navam Kaul, both 24 and from New Jersey, traveled in the same circles at Rutgers and beyond, said Rajnikant Pipalia, whose son counted Kaul as a good pal. The tragic pair fatally struck by a subway train in Manhattan over the weekend — and whose final moments were captured in a haunting.

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