The Itwari Government Railway Police (GRP) have filed a prisoner transit warrant for the custody of 20-year-old Santosh Kumar who allegedly raped a Class 8 student in the Razaul Special Express train toilet on April 3
Hyderabad: The Itwari Government Railway Police (GRP) have filed a prisoner transit warrant for the custody of 20-year-old Santosh Kumar who allegedly raped a Class 8 student in the Razaul Special Express train toilet on April 3.
Passengers had caught hold of Kumar immediately after the incident and tied him up. He was arrested when the train reached the city. Kumar, was produced before the court on Saturday and remanded for 45 days in judicial custody.
Police said Kumar, a native of Bihar, had boarded the train at Darbhanga, in Bihar and sat on the berth in front of the victim’s family. Police said the victim apparently sensed trouble and informed her father who shifted her to the upper berth.
The victim woke up at about 2 am and went to the toilet. Kumar followed her inside, locked the door and attacked her. He also filmed the assault, a railway police officer disclosed.
The victim’s parents were asleep at that time.
Police said Kumar had worked as a ward boy at a private hospital in Begumpet two years back.
Secunderabad GRP cops transferred the Zero FIR that they had booked against Kumar under the Pocso Act and the IT Act, handed over accused’s confession statement, victim’s medical examination reports and technical evidence to the Itwari GRP for further investigations.
“We have checked with the State Crime Record Bureau and did not find any criminal cases against Kumar in Telangana,” a police official said. “We have requested Bihar police to cross-check the accused's criminal background and intimidate the Itwari GRP,” the railway police officer said.
Meanwhile National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar has written to the DGP and DG /SP GRP-RPF, demanding that non bailable cases be booked against the accused, and sought an action-taken report.
