A 36-year-old pregnant woman was pushed off a moving train in India after she fought back against a man trying to attack her. This happened on the Coimbatore-Tirupati Intercity Express train late on Thursday night. The man, K Hemraj, who is 31 years old, has been arrested. He was previously out on bail after being charged with murdering a woman in Chennai last year.
The woman, who is four months pregnant, has broken her hand and leg and hurt her head. She was going to visit her mother in Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh. While traveling alone in the women’s section of the train, Hemraj attacked her after boarding the train at Jolarpet railway station. He jumped off at the next station after pushing her out.
A few other women were in the compartment, but they got off the train before reaching Jolarpet. The woman told the media from the hospital that Hemraj was quiet for about half an hour before he tried to pull her dress. When she resisted, he pulled her hair, dragged her to the door, and pushed her outside.
Local residents and train passengers found her near the tracks and quickly contacted the railway police. The police took her to the hospital in Vellore. One of the women who helped her said it was around 11 PM when they spotted her. They called her husband, who learned she was pregnant. They waited with her until help arrived.
The railway police used CCTV footage to track down Hemraj after the incident. This terrible event sparked a political conflict in the state. The Congress party, a partner in the ruling DMK, asked for security at all train stations. A DMK leader expressed shock at the crime, saying, “We will act quickly and arrest anyone involved. The opposition shouldn’t use this for politics.”
On the other hand, the leader of the opposition, Edappadi Palaniswami from AIADMK, demanded strict penalties against such criminals. He said that women in Tamil Nadu do not feel safe anywhere, whether on the streets or while traveling. The BJP state president, K Annamalai, said that there are constant reports of sexual crimes against women, blaming the DMK government for being ineffective.
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