Mumbai: Man Held For Pushing Woman Off Local Train
Police said the accused had objected to her travelling in a compartment reserved for persons with disabilities, leading to a verbal altercation.
Mumbai: In a shocking incident, a 20-year-old woman lost her left arm after she was allegedly molested and pushed onto the tracks by an elderly man on a local train at Naigaon railway station on Thursday.
Police have arrested the 53-year-old accused, who has been identified as Jitendra Girjappa Hirmukhe, a resident of Naigaon East, after a review of CCTV footage and technical investigation.
According to police, the incident happened near Naigaon railway station (on a train running from Borivali towards Virar. The victim lost her left arm below the elbow after falling into the gap between two coaches as the train moved and she also suffered severe head injuries requiring 16 stitches.
Police said the accused had objected to her travelling in a compartment reserved for persons with disabilities, leading to a verbal altercation. The woman has, however, alleged that the accused had molested her on board the train.
The woman alleged the man had “touched me badly” before she confronted him. She said she threw her shoe at him after he continued to harass her.
“I had boarded a train from Borivali and was heading towards Naigoan. The man touched me badly and I had objected to the same. He did not listen and continued to molest me; we engaged in a verbal altercation and threw shoes at each other. He then pushed me and (I) fell, due to which I lost my arm and I have a head injury,” the 20-year-old woman said.
The police said, “The woman had boarded a train from Borivali and had entered the specially abled coach; the accused had objected to her presence in the specially abled coach, due to which both had a verbal altercation. Both the individuals threw shoes at each other.”
“The accused then pushed the victim from the train, and she fell on the tracks and lost her right arm,” the cop said. Police are trying to verify the woman’s claims of molestation.
The Government Railway Police (GRP) initially booked the accused under Sections 74, 117(2), and 352 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for outraging modesty and voluntarily causing grievous hurt. Following protests and family demands supported by political groups like the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), Section 109 of the BNS (attempt to murder) was subsequently added to the case.
