On Monday, a police official reported that a man was assaulted by passengers after being accused of sexually harassing a 15-year-old girl on a suburban train in Mumbai. The incident occurred on Saturday night while the train was traveling between Dadar and Andheri stations on the Western line. The accused, identified as 34-year-old Noor Ahmed Sagir Ahmed from Kamathipura, was involved, as stated by an official from the Bandra railway police station.
“He was held on Monday. The girl, who was with her father, realised Ahmed was touching her inappropriately. After she raised an alarm, passengers thrashed Ahmed and handed him over to police at Andheri railway station,” he said.
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“Ahmed was admitted in Cooper Hospital after the thrashing. He was arrested for committing such a crime earlier. He consumes drugs. At the time of the incident, the victim, who is undergoing treatment in a Parel-based hospital, had taken the Dadar-Borivali train after visiting the facility,” the official said.
Ahmed was charged with molestation and other offences under the Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act provisions, he said.
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