In a shocking incident, a pantry car worker was arrested for attempting to rape a differently-abled woman passenger in the toilet of Utkal Express.
Railway Police apprehended the accused upon the train’s arrival at Chakradharpur station.
The incident occurred while the train was enroute from Puri, Odisha to Haridwar.
The woman reported that the pantry car worker forcibly entered the lavatory around 2-3 a.m. and attempted to assault her. Upon hearing distressing sounds, two fellow passengers intervened. They rescued the woman and notify the Government Railway Police (GRP) upon the train’s arrival at Chakradharpur.
The woman has accused the perpetrator of unnatural sex. The GRP has since arrested the accused pantry car worker and is conducting further investigations into the matter.