Woman Gang Raped in Train: A 20-year-old woman on board the Lucknow-Mumbai Pushpak Express train was raped by some robbers.
The incident occurred late Friday night when the train was between Igatpuri and Kasara railway stations in Maharashtra on the Central Railway route.
The Mumbai Government Railway Police (GRP) has arrested four persons for the crime.
The alleged crime was committed when the express train was traversing the ghat section, Quaiser Khalid, Mumbai GRP’s Police Commissioner said. He took to social media and said, “The accused boarded Lucknow-Mumbai Pushpak Express at Igatpuri (Aurangabad Railway district) in sleeper bogie D-2 and started committing the crime through the Ghat area during the night.”
The passengers called out for help when the train reached Kasara. There was an immediate response from the officer and staff at GRP Mumbai.
Deputy Commissioner of Police and a team of the crime branch are investigating the offence, he said, adding that the accused had stolen property worth Rs 96,390, mostly mobile phones, from the train passengers.
Police had so far recovered property worth Rs 34,200 from them, he said.
The Mumbai GRP has registered an offence against the accused under various sections of the IPC and the Railways Act at Kalyan railway police station.
