Mumbai: Porter arrested for raping woman on train at Bandra Terminus

After getting down from an outstation train, she entered another train that had pulled into the other side of the platform

Mumbai: A porter has been arrested for allegedly raping a woman on a long-distance train at Mumbai’s Bandra Terminus, a police official said on Sunday.
The “middle-aged” woman and her son arrived on Saturday night at Bandra Terminus by an outstation train.

After getting down, she entered another train that had pulled into the other side of the platform, the official said. The other train had no passengers at the time, said the Government Railway Police (GRP) official.

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However, a porter was present on the second train and he allegedly raped the woman, the official said, citing the FIR.

The accused fled the scene after allegedly sexually assaulting the woman.

The woman then approached the Bandra GRP police station and filed a complaint. The railway police went through footage from several surveillance cameras to track down the porter and arrested him, the official said.

“We are trying to ascertain why the woman entered the other train after alighting at Bandra Terminus,” the official added.

The accused porter was booked for rape under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the official said, refusing to share more details concerning the alleged crime.