Rape in a First Class Coupe of Toofan Express

In a shocking incident on the Howrah-bound Toofan Express, a 19-year-old girl, who boarded the train at Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh on Monday, was repeatedly raped in a First Class coupe. The girl lost consciousness and was found by Railway police personnel when the train halted at Madhupur in Jharkhand this afternoon.

GRP personnel, who had detained a vendor, Mohammed Aslam, on the charge of suspicion, later made the train stop at Chittaranjan, the next important station after Madhupur, and took into custody three other vendors and a train ticket examiner (TTE). Another TTE had disappeared and the police were looking for him.

Doctors at the Madhupur railway hospital, who examined the girl, confirmed rape. It's suspected that she was administered food or drinks laced with intoxicants and raped.

Girls, beware of enjoying the journey alone in such situation!