A woman aged around 30 reportedly fell from a moving train in Kochi on Wednesday following a robbery and attack inside the train.
The woman was admitted to a private hospital in Kochi with head injuries.
According to police sources, the incident took place in a passenger train bound to Punalur in Kollam district. The woman working in Chengannur in the Alappuzha district boarded the train from Mulanthuruthy in the suburbs of Kochi.
The preliminary information is that there was no one in the compartment and as the train started a person approached her and threatened her demanding her ornaments. After obtaining her ornaments, the accused tried to grab her. She ran towards the door and tried to jump out. However, since the train was moving, she was left hanging on to a door handle. She couldn't hold on for long and then fell off the train.
The railway police and the Railway Protection Force are jointly investigating the case. The accused was identified by the woman from among the habitual offenders' database of the police.
In 2011, Kerala witnessed the tragic incident of a 23-year-old salesgirl who was robbed, raped and killed in the ladies compartment of a moving train by a habitual offender Govindachamy near Shornur in Palakkad district.
Following the shocking crime, there were strong calls to improve the safety of passengers in trains.
Published 28 April 2021, 16:04 IST