Mumbai: 14-year-old girl Jump off a Running Train to Escape a Molester, fractured her leg
A 14-year-old girl fractured her leg after jumping off a running train to escape a molester, who was harassing her in a ladies compartment. Payal Kamble boarded the Kalyan-bound train at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) at 9.30 am on Sunday and was alone in the compartment when the accused boarded the ladies compartment, she panicked when the emergency stop chain didn't work and jumped. In another incident, 30-year-old daily wage labourer was arrested for harassing a woman and masturbating in front of her in a local train compartment. While the 23-year-old woman was travelling with her family on Saturday, she recorded a video and took it to the railway police and raised a complaint. The police then checked her clip with that of CCTV footage from several railway stations and finally arrested Kripa Bodheba Patel, the accused on Monday. Sections 354 and 509 of IPC have been slapped on the accused for outraging the modesty of a woman. The accused is a homeless man who lives on the streets of the maximum city. After the repeated incidents of molestation, the railway police has posted police officers in the ladies’ compartments of Mumbai local trains after 6pm. However, there are no personnel present during the day. -PTC News
