Overview

• Constable Amol Kishor Sapkale, 32, allegedly groped women in the ladies’ compartment of a Borivali–Vasai slow train while wearing his uniform and intoxicated.
• Two female passengers dragged him off the coach at Naigaon Station and handed him over to the station master, who alerted Vasai Railway Police.
• Police charged Sapkale with outraging women’s modesty and criminal intimidation after recording statements from multiple passengers.
• Under the new BNS law, officers collected his blood sample for alcohol testing before releasing him on notice to appear for further inquiry.
• Vasai Railway Police continue their investigation as public pressure mounts for tougher safety measures in Mumbai’s women-only train compartments.