In a shocking incident, a 32-year-old woman died allegedly after she was pushed off a moving passenger train by a man who tried to molest her near Tohana station in Fatehabad. The incident took place in the presence of the woman's nine-year-old son on Thursday night, said Naresh Kumar, SHO of Government Railway Police (GRP) on Friday.
According to Kumar, the woman had boarded the passenger train from near Lakhan Majra in Rohtak to travel to Tohana. The woman was travelling with her son. "The passenger train was on its way from Delhi to Tohana and the woman and her son had boarded it from Lakhan Majra," he said.
Kumar further said a majority of passengers had got off from the train at a previous station and most coaches were empty when the incident took place near Tohana station where the woman had to get down. The woman's husband was waiting at Tohana station. "During preliminary investigations, it has come to light that one accused was involved in the incident. We are trying to identify him and he will be arrested soon," the GRP SHO said. "A case has been registered against the accused under Indian Penal Code (IPC) Sections 302 (murder) and 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty)," Kumar added.