Kalyan: A 20-year-old woman traveling by express trains was attacked sexually and more than a dozen passengers were robbed by eight gangs that went up to the Igatpuri station in Nashik on Friday night.
Five gangs have been arrested.
The robbers forced at least 15 passengers to part with cellphones and cash after threatening them.
A 21-year-old man refused to give his phone to be pushed out of the train, but when it moved slowly, only suffering minor head injuries.
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The horror occurred above Lucknow-Mumbai Pushpak Express around 7pm between Igatpuri Station and Kasara when the train to Mumbai.
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Some of them revoke the knife immediately after the train left the Igatpuri station, several passengers told Tii.
When they target the young woman, her husband and other co-passengers sit close to them trying to stop the attackers but attacked.
Four robbers were arrested immediately after the fifth while crime was arrested on Saturday, the train police said.
They come from Igatpuri and Mumbai.
The train police claim that the robbers must target the general coach as the Force Protection Train personnel barely visited this compartment.
One passenger protested, Kumar Ankush was 21 years old, pushed out of the train, said passenger.
However, the train moved at a slow speed at that time.
A little before this, one of the passengers in the coach attracted the chain.
“They took my cellphone and pushed me out,” Kumar said.
“But the train still moved slowly and so I made it into the other compartment with the help of passengers who stretched their hands and pulled me again.” At that time, train and RPF police teams had been lying waiting on the next station platform, Kasara, to arrest the perpetrators.
However, some of them have managed to escape from the station while RPF officials beat one of them at the station.
After the train left Kasara, passengers realized that one of the robbers had hid in the toilet.
They associated it inside and when the train reached Kalyan, he was handed over to the train officials at the station.
In learning about sexual violence, train police officials in Kalyan contacted their colleagues at Igatpuri after that two other people were nabbed, including those who had sexual harassment of the woman.
The defendant who was arrested was identified as Arshad Shaikh (19) who lived in Malad, Prakash Pardhi aka Pakya (20), Arjun Pardeshi (20) and Kishore Sonange alias Kalu (25) – all from Igatpuri.
The details of the person captured fifth were not immediately known.
The five people who were arrested and accompanied by their feeches had been charged with rape, robbery other than other parts of the Railway Law.
Some men who were arrested had a criminal background, according to police officers trained.
The estimated value of the stolen property was set around RS 96,000, said Quaiser Khalid, Commissioner of the Government Train Police (Mumbai).
He said the telephone formed most of the booty.
Goods worth RS 34,000 have recovered so far.
(The identity of the victim has not been revealed to protect its privacy according to the direction of the Supreme Court about cases related to sexual violence)