In a blood-curdling incident, a 6-year-old girl from Maharashtra was raped in an express train by a 25-year-old man near Madhya Pradesh’s Itarsi. The minor survivor reportedly belongs from Badlapur in Thane district and was aboard the Kashi express train with her mother and four sisters. The accused was caught red-handed by the survivor’s mother who along with other passengers kept him hostage and later handed him to the government railway police personnel, Kalyan. An FIR was filed against the accused and he was later handed to the Itarsi Government Railway Police as the incident came under its jurisdiction.
The news comes just a few days after a woman was raped in a moving train by a pantry manager who was alleged to have committed the crime. The Delhi-based survivor was aboard the Karnataka Sampark Kranti Train and the incident transpired when the train had taken a halt in Bhopal.
Background
Thanks to an RTI query filed by an activist, a harrowing statistic pertaining to crimes against women emerged in 2020. As per the data, as many as 165 rape cases against women were reported on railway premises and onboard the trains between the years 2017 to 2019.
The numbers widely fluctuated each year with 51 such cases reported in 2017, 44 cases in 2019 and a sharp spike coming in 2018 with 70 such cases. According to the RTI query reply, 29 rape incidents were reported on running trains while 136 cases were reported on the premises.
Given how a significant number of such cases often remain under reported, it is safe to say that women are equally unsafe in government run transports, as when they are working in offices, or staying at homes.
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The Facts of the Matter
In another incident that is enough to shake a person down to their core, a six-year-old girl was raped by a 25-year-old man in a train. The survivor hails from Badlapur, Thane in Maharashtra and was aboard the Kashi express when the incident happened. The incident occurred earlier on Tuesday when the survivor and her mother, along with four other daughters, were aboard the train heading to Thane.
Accused Took Advantage of Late Hour & Darkness
According to Government Railway Police, on Tuesday night, the accused, identified as Sonu Prajapati, took advantage of the fact that other passengers were asleep and there was darkness in the compartment. Taking advantage of these factors, he forced himself on the six-year-old girl.
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Horrifying Screams Wake Mother Up, Accused Took Hostage
On being forcefully violated, the six-year-old minor screamed loudly. Her loud screams were enough to wake the mother up who apprehended the accused with the help of other passengers before he could flee. The passengers reportedly assaulted him for his horrific act and then kept him hostage till the train did not reach Kalyan.
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Wife Informs Husband, Police Rushes to Station, Accused Arrested
Later, the accused was handed over to the Kalyan GRP. The police immediately filed an FIR and arrested Prajapati. Prajapati was later handed over to the Itarsi GRP as the incident came under its jurisdiction.
A TOI report quoted a Kalyan GRP official saying that the survivor’s mother hand informed her husband about the incident.
The husband then reached out to the police. The police sent out a team to the station to catch the accused.
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