MUMBAI: A 35-year-old man was arrested by the Government Railway Police (GRP) for groping an underage girl in a local train compartment on Sunday. The 17-year-old victim was commuting in the general compartment of a CSMT-bound local with a friend when the incident occurred around 4 pm.
“The victim is a college-goer and had stepped out for a shopping trip with a friend. The two were in a slow local between Vikhroli and CSMT when the accused groped her,” said a police official. The incident occurred while the train was moving.
One of the two called up the police control room for help. A team of policemen boarded the train at Sion station and caught the accused, Israr Hussain. He was deboarded and brought to the Kurla GRP post. Hussain is a labourer by profession. He has been booked under the stringent POCSO Act. Police said he does not have a previous criminal history and lives in Wadala.
“The victim is a college-goer and had stepped out for a shopping trip with a friend. The two were in a slow local between Vikhroli and CSMT when the accused groped her,” said a police official. The incident occurred while the train was moving.
One of the two called up the police control room for help. A team of policemen boarded the train at Sion station and caught the accused, Israr Hussain. He was deboarded and brought to the Kurla GRP post. Hussain is a labourer by profession. He has been booked under the stringent POCSO Act. Police said he does not have a previous criminal history and lives in Wadala.