On Tuesday Western Railways confirmed that a person has been arrested for raping a 32-year-old married lady on the train no 19707 Bandra-Jaipur Aravali Express on June 9. The lady was onboard to Jaipur.
As per Railway sources The accused, Azhar Khan raped the victim on a running train between Surat and Bharuch. Azhar has been arrested by Railway police. Victim went to Jaipur and gathered courage to lodge complaint against Azhar.The case has been registered under IPC Section 376 at the Government Railway Police (GRP) station, Jaipur and has been transferred to GRP Surat.
According to the victim, she was travelling with her friend and was approached by the pantry car’s worker, Azhar, when she could not find a seat for herself. She did not have a confirm ticket.
Azhar said that he has spoken to the TC and a seat has been arranged for her.
When the train reached Surat, Khan called the lady in the train’s pantry car and raped her. He even threatened her to kill and her friend, if she disclosed the incident to anyone.
She filed a report after getting off the train at Jaipur and the case was registered.
As per source.
