Allahabad: 15 men tried to rape a 9th class girl on a train, after bribing cops
A 40-year-old woman and her minor daughter jumped off a running train after a group of men tried to rape the girl on board Howrah-Jodhpur Express late Saturday night. The girl was 15 years old, who was travelling with her mother from Kolkata to Delhi. They jumped off the train when the men tried to drag the girl into the toilet. The two fainted after jumping off the train and remained unconscious for nearly two hours. They were rushed to the Lala Lajpat Rai hospital after walking to the Chandari Railway Station. The Government Railway Police (GRP) came to know about the incident late on Sunday. “We are in the process of registering an FIR on the complaint,” said Ram Mohan Rai, SHO, GRP Kanpur. The woman told the police that the group of nearly 10-15 men started taunting and teasing her daughter soon after the train left Howrah. They also tried to grope the girl following which the mother rushed to the Railway Protection Force (RPF) constables escorting the train when it stopped at two stations. She claimed she complained twice about the constant harassment, first when the train was near Allahabad, and again at Allahabad. “However, the men came back within 30 minutes, perhaps after bribing cops,” she alleged. To her horror, they got more aggressive after the train left Allahabad and kept threatening them that they would drug the girl and sell her off. Around 10 pm, four to five men held the 15 year old. “In the struggle, my daughter’s clothes were torn. We had to jump off as we had no choice,” she said. “The incident took place near Howrah, which is in not under our jurisdiction. When she reported the matter at Rasoolabad near Chandari station, the RPF constables provided her all the assistance and got them admitted to hospital,” said Gaurav Bansal, North Central Railway’s chief PRO. -PTC News
