She was touched, she claims inappropriately, then hit with a slipper and pushed off the Mumbai local, causing her to fall on the tracks. The 20-year-old woman lost her left arm in the incident, a railway official said on Thursday.
She was allegedly pushed off the train at Naigaon station. It was initially viewed as an accident. The young woman had boarded the local train traveling from Borivali to Virar on November 4. The alleged accused, identified as Jitendra Girjappa Hirmukhe (53), a resident of Naigaon East, was arrested on November 9, an official said. The Government Railway Police (GRP) has registered a case at Bhayander GRP police station under sections 74 (assault or criminal force against a woman with the intent to outrage her modesty) and 117(2) (voluntarily causing grievous hurt) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). Section 109 of the BNS, relating to attempt to murder, was subsequently added to the case.
