A 20-year-old woman lost her left arm below the elbow after a man allegedly molested her and pushed her off a local train at Naigaon station in Maharashtra’s Palghar district on November 4, police said.
Hirmukhe, a resident of Wakipada in Naigaon East and reportedly a cancer patient, was travelling in the disabled compartment when the survivor mistakenly boarded it at Borivali during evening rush hour while travelling on a Virar-bound fast local. When she objected and confronted him, an argument broke out. The 53-year-old accused, Jitendra Hirmukhe, was arrested on Wednesday after police examined CCTV footage.
“Since the accused had covered his face with a cloth, it was difficult to identify him, however we arrested him from his house at Naigaon,” a police officer from the Bhayander Government Railway Police (GRP) said. Police officers said the man allegedly began touching her inappropriately, taking advantage of the situation.
