Woman thrown out of running train in Mumbai while resisting robbery and molestation bid

Mumbai: A 29-year-old woman was thrown out of a running train by a man after she resisted his attempts to rob and sexually molest her on board the Udayan Express, officials said here on Tuesday.

The incident occurred on Sunday night on the running Bengaluru-CSMT Mumbai train around 8.30 pm as it was moving out of Dadar station before terminating at CSMT.

During that time, a man barged into the unreserved ladies’ compartment with very few passengers, targeted the woman, molested and attempted to snatch her bag containing cash and valuables.

As she screamed and fought off his attempts, the accused pushed her out of the train and fled from there.

On Monday, the victim approached the Police to lodge a complaint and the accused was nabbed within a short time, said an official.

The police scanned through CCTV footage and based on the statements of eyewitnesses, they managed to identify and track the accused.

Later, the accused was arrested and was booked for molestation, attempt to murder, causing hurt, robbery and other charges and further investigations is on. (UNI)