A 20-year-old woman lost her left arm after she was allegedly molested and pushed from a moving local train at Naigaon railway station in Maharashtra’s Palghar district. The incident took place on the evening of November 4 while she was travelling from Borivali to Naigaon. According to railway officials, the accused, identified as 53-year-old Jitendra Girjappa Hirmukhe, allegedly harassed the woman inside the train and later pushed her onto the tracks after she confronted him on the platform. As she tried to climb back, the moving train ran over her arm, resulting in its amputation. She was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment.

Initially, the incident was believed to be an accident. However, while undergoing treatment, the woman informed police that she had been sexually harassed during the journey. In her statement, she said the accused repeatedly touched her inappropriately inside the train and continued harassing her even after they got off at Naigaon station. When she questioned his behaviour and attempted to chase him away with her footwear, the accused allegedly struck her with his slipper before pushing her onto the railway tracks. Amid the chaos that followed, he managed to flee the scene.

Following her statement, the Government Railway Police registered a case under multiple provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, including charges related to molestation, causing grievous hurt and attempt to murder. A joint team of the Government Railway Police and the Railway Protection Force tracked down and arrested the accused on November 9. He has since been remanded to judicial custody, while investigators continue to gather evidence and examine the circumstances surrounding the incident.