Woman robbed, assaulted aboard train
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A lady train passenger sustained a number of fractures and head accidents on Wednesday as she reportedly jumped off a train in an try and flee a person who initially robbed her after which assaulted her in a largely abandoned compartment of the Guruvayur-Punalur service.
The sufferer, recognized as Asha Murali, an everyday commuter in her 30s, has been admitted on the neuro intensive care unit of a personal hospital within the metropolis the place her situation was stated to be secure. The assailant was recognized as Babukuttan, a resident of Nooranad in Alappuzha district. The Government Railway Police (GRP) and the Railway Protection Force together with the native police are on a hunt to nab him.
The incident passed off round 8.45 a.m. shortly after the sufferer, a clerk on the greater secondary regional workplace at Chengannur, had boarded the D8 compartment of the train from the Mulanthuruthy station.
Threw out telephone
“According to my wife, she was alone in the compartment when she boarded the train and just before the train left the station, the man got in from the neighbouring compartment. He closed the doors and then seated opposite her before forcibly taking her mobile phone and chucking it through the window. He then threatened her by flashing a screwdriver and asked for her gold chain. She readily complied and even gave him her gold bangle as well,” stated Rahul, the sufferer’s husband.
Later, the assailant reportedly dragged her by the hair in the direction of the washroom when she made a bid to flee via {a partially} opened door. She reportedly hung precariously for some time earlier than falling off between the Mulanthuruthy and Piravom Road stations.
“She was still conscious and gave my number to one of the people who rushed to her help,” stated Mr. Rahul.
It emerged that the assailant had a faulty eye and shortly thereafter he was recognized. The GRP has registered a case invoking related sections of IPC, together with 394 (voluntarily inflicting harm in committing theft).
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