Woman molested in moving train in MP, GRP constable arrested

Indore: A Government Railway Police (GRP) constable was on Monday arrested for allegedly molesting a 40-year-old woman in a moving train.

The accused, Narayan Singh Thakur (32), posted at the radio department of GRP in Bhopal, molested the woman in the Indore-Bhopal passenger train last night, GRP Superintendent of Police Maheshchandra Jain told PTI.

Based on a complaint lodged by the woman with the GRP after she reached Indore, Thakur was arrested and his medical examination was conducted, he said.

The accused has been booked under section 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with an intent to outrage her modesty) of IPC, he said, adding that further investigation was on.