A 31-year-old Bronx woman has been charged with second-degree murder as a hate crime in the death of a man shoved in front of a subway train , Queens prosecutors said Saturday . District Attorney Richard A . Brown identified the woman as Erika Menendez . She was arraigned late Saturday , where she was ordered held without bail and to undergo a psychiatric evaluation . `` ( She ) said in sum and substance ' I pushed a Muslim off the train tracks because I hate Hindus and Muslims ever since 2001 when they put down the twin towers I 've been beating them up , ' '' the prosecutor said in a statement . The victim , Sunando Sen , grew up in a Hindu family , his roommate said . Witnesses said a woman paced the platform and talked to herself Thursday evening shortly before pushing the man as the 11-car train entered the station . The 46-year-old man 's body was pinned under the second car after it came to a stop . The woman made `` statements implicating herself in the death of Sunando Sen , '' Paul Browne , the New York Police Department 's chief spokesman , said earlier . Security video showed a person running from the scene . Menendez was identified Saturday afternoon in a lineup , Browne said . She was recognized earlier in the day on a street in Brooklyn by a passer-by who called 911 , the police spokesman said . The caller said she resembled the woman in the video . `` The defendant is accused of committing what is every subway commuter 's worst nightmare -- being suddenly and senselessly pushed into the path of an oncoming train , '' said Brown , the district attorney . `` The victim was allegedly shoved from behind and had no chance to defend himself . Beyond that , the hateful remarks allegedly made by the defendant and which precipitated the defendant 's actions can never be tolerated by a civilized society . '' It was not clear Saturday evening whether Menendez had obtained an attorney . Sen , of Queens , owned a shop called New Amsterdam Copies and was a graphic designer for posters , said roommate Ar Suman . In early December , Ki-Suck Han , 58 , was shoved onto the tracks in a Times Square station as a train approached . Naeem Davis , 30 , a homeless man , has been charged with second-degree murder in that case .
Judge orders suspect to be held without bail , and undergo a psychiatric evaluation . Detective Menendez is charged with second - degree murder as a hate crime . The woman made ` ` statements implicating herself in the murder of Sunando Sen , '' police suspect . Witnesses say a woman pushed the man onto the ground as a train entered a station .