A woman jumped from aspeeding express train suffering injuries on her head and legsto escape from molesters who were identified as army jawansnear Ara junction in Bihar's Bhojpur district today, officialssaid.
Bhojpur District Magistrate Pratima S Verma told PTI thatthe woman from Darjeeling in West Bengal jumped out of the14055 UP Dibrugarh-Delhi Brahmaputra Express at Jagjivan Haltto escape from the clutches of the molesters.
The woman in her thirties suffered injuries on the headand legs and was admitted to the Sadar Hospital at Ara, thedistrict headquarters of Bhojpur, around 50 km from Patna.
One of the molesters, identified as army jawan RameshKumar hailing from Himachal Pradesh, was caught by an AssamRifles man A D Upadhyay from the toilet where he was hiding,police sources said.
He was handed over to the Railway Protection Force atBuxar, the sources said.
Inspector General of Police, Rail, Vinay Kumar said inPatna that another army jawan was involved in molesting thewoman on the train. The second jawan escaped to another bogey of the traintaking advantage of chaos, he said.
The victim travelling in the B-1 coach did not have a confirmed ticket and was sitting on the TT's berth, the IGsaid.
When the train reached Mirzapur station in Uttar Pradesh,the TT and other passengers were questioned about theincident, the IG added. In the preliminary inquiry it was established that thevictim's husband was a tailor at Darjeeling, Kumar said.
He said Patna Rail Superintendent of Police SureshChaudhary was seeking more information from the victim at thehospital.
Two FIRs have been lodged, one each at Ara and Buxar, atthe GRP police station, police sources said. The DM said the injured girl was carried to Ara junctionon a maintenance trolley by rail employees. The DM and Superintendent of Police of Bhojpur M R Naikvisited the girl at the hospital.