In the ladies’ compartment of a moving Mumbai local train on Wednesday morning, a 20-year-old woman who was traveling alone was allegedly sexually assaulted by a 40-year-old man. According to a GRP official, the accused was arrested after 8 hours of the incident.
The woman, a Girgaum native, was on her way to Belapur in Navi Mumbai where she was supposed to appear for an exam. On Wednesday morning, the woman boarded the Harbour Line local train at CSMT.
As soon as the train started moving, a man entered the ladies’ compartment which was empty at that time, the official said. “He allegedly sexually assaulted the woman between CSMT and Masjid stations at around 7:26 am. He got down at Masjid station (next station after CSMT) when the woman raised an alarm and ran away,” the official said.
The woman approached GRP and lodged a complaint, following which an FIR was registered against an unidentified person, the official said.
“Teams of personnel of GRP, Railway Protection Force, crime branch and Mumbai Police launched a manhunt for the accused. Police examined footage of CCTV cameras inside and outside the Masjid station. He was subsequently identified and nabbed at around 4 pm,” the official said.
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