Railway police arrest 22-year-old LLB student for allegedly molesting a minor girl on CSMT-Chennai Express

Mumbai: The CSMT railway police on Saturday arrested a 22-year-old LLB student under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for allegedly sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl travelling with her grandmother in the CSMT-Chennai Express.

According to police, the girl and her grandmother boarded the train at CSMT, and during the journey, the accused inappropriately touched the girl on the waist near the door.

When the girl later spotted the defendant again, he was discovered by her grandmother and alerted the ticket inspector, who immediately notified the police.

The police arrived at the scene, took the statement of the victim in the moving train, arrested the accused and made him alight at Karjat railway station. The police handed him over to the CSMT railway police as the incident occurred under their jurisdiction.