A 20-year-old woman was sexually assaulted by a man in the women’s compartment of a local train in Mumbai on Wednesday. A GRP official said that the 40-year-old accused was nabbed soon after the incident was reported.
According to a media report, the woman, a resident of Girgaon, was going alone to Belapur in Navi Mumbai to appear for the exam. She boarded the Harbor Line local train from CSMT on Wednesday morning. According to the official, a man barged into the empty ladies compartment as the train was moving. The accused allegedly sexually assaulted the woman between CSMT and Masjid stations at around 7:26 am. When the woman raised the voice, he got down at Masjid station and fled.
Following the incident, the woman has lodged a complaint with the GRP, following which an FIR has been registered in connection with the incident against an unknown person. Teams of GRP and Railway Protection Force (RPF) started searching for the accused with the help of CCTV footage of Masjid station. He was later identified and arrested around 4 pm, the officer said. A case has been registered against the accused daily wage laborer under various sections of IPC including rape. Further investigation is on in the matter.