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BSF jawan arrested for molesting woman on train

by Jul 24, 2012

A BSF jawan has been arrested in Palakkad in Kerala after he was accused of having attempted to molest a woman in a train.

How safe are our trains for women? AP

The woman, who was travelling aboard the Thiruvananthapuram-Chennai Mail Express, filed a complaint with the railway police at Palakkad after which the BSF personnel was arrested, CNN IBN reported.

The police are presently interrogating the jawan.

The channel reported there was another incident of molestation on board a train which was reported yesterday.

The 21-year-old victim had complained that the man, allegedly a police official, had misbehaved with her while she was travelling aboard the Jan Shatabdi Express.

 

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