Mumbai Shocker: Porter Allegedly Rapes Woman in Empty Coach of Long-Distance Train at Bandra Terminus; Arrested

A porter allegedly raped a woman in an empty coach of a long-distance train at the Bandra Terminus in Mumbai, reported the news agency PTI. The police have arrested the porter following the incident which took place late Saturday night (February 1).

The "middle-aged" woman and her son arrived at the Bandra Terminus on Saturday night by an outstation train. After getting down, she entered another train that had pulled into the other side of the platform, an official told PTI. The other train had no passengers at the time, the Government Railway Police (GRP) official said.

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A porter, however, was present on the second train. He allegedly raped the woman and then fled, the official said, citing the FIR. The woman subsequently approached the Bandra GRP 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 the Bandra Terminus,” the official said. The accused porter has been booked for rape under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the official said, refusing to share more details of the alleged crime.