Overview

• A 26-year-old ragpicker was detained for harassing a female passenger in the first-class compartment of a local train but was released after a warning as no formal complaint was filed.
• The harassment incident occurred on February 3, and the accused was identified and apprehended within 24 hours after passengers recorded the incident and shared it on social media.
• Separately, a 54-year-old woman was raped in the early hours of February 2 inside an empty train compartment at Bandra Terminus by a 24-year-old porter, who was arrested within hours using CCTV footage.
• The victim in the rape case had arrived in Mumbai with her son-in-law but was forced to spend the night at the station due to a lack of accommodation, leading to the incident on a secluded platform.
• A Railway Protection Force jawan was suspended for negligence in monitoring the platform where the rape occurred, and authorities are investigating the accused's identity and potential criminal history.