Woman molested & thrown on tracks from Naigaon station platform, train crushes arm
Vasai : A 20-year-old woman lost part of her arm under a moving train after she was pushed onto the tracks from a platform at Naigaon railway station while fighting off her molester last week. The 53-year-old suspect was tracked down and arrested five days later.
A case of molestation and attempt to murder has been registered against the man, Jitendra Hirmukhe . He is currently in judicial custody. The woman is undergoing treatment at a civic hospital in Mumbai.
According to a police complaint lodged by the woman, who got married just five months ago, she went to Malad on Nov 4 to buy a phone. She reached Malad station in the evening but after seeing that trains were already packed, she travelled to Borivli station and took a slow Vira-bound local train.
The woman said in her complaint that this train, too, was crowded though and she mistakenly entered the compartment reserved for persons with disabilities. “A man kept pushing me repeatedly. I initially ignored him. However, when the train reached Bhayander station, he started touching me inappropriately,” she told police.
Around 7.15pm, the woman and Hirmukhe got down at Naigaon station, where she confronted him for molesting her. However, the man doubled down, allegedly touched her inappropriately again and defiantly asked her: “What difference does it make?”
Angered by his response, the woman took off a slipper and threw it at him. Hirmukhe allegedly abused her, removed his own slipper and hit her with it.
The train was still standing at the platform and many passengers gathered to intervene. Suddenly, Hirmukhe allegedly pushed the woman, causing her to fall on the tracks, into the gap between two coaches. As she tried to climb back onto the platform, the train started moving. She fell into the platform gap. Her left arm came under the train’s wheels and was cut off below the elbow.
Hirmukhe fled from the spot. The woman was initially taken to a Vasai hospital and later shifted to the Mumbai facility for further treatment.
Bhayander railway police examined CCTV footage from the station and traced the man to his residence in Wakipada, Naigaon East. He was arrested on Nov 9. Hirmukhe originally hails from Dharashiv district.
“He has stomach cancer and was travelling in the compartment reserved for persons with disabilities. We traced him with the help of CCTV footage and arrested him from Naigaon,” said Ganpat Tumbada, senior inspector, Bhayander railway police.
Initially, police registered a case under sections 74 (molestation), 117(2) (voluntarily causing hurt) and 352 (intentional insult) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita . Section 109 (attempt to murder) was subsequently added.
The woman demanded the strictest punishment for Hirmukhe. “Despite having done nothing wrong, I had to go through this ordeal. I have permanently lost one of my arms... I want justice,” she said in her statement.
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3 train deaths in less than a year
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2026
~ Aug: A disabled man, Cajetan Denis Pires (62), is allegedly pushed to his death by a co-passenger, Amajad Safruddin Shaikh (48), from a moving train between Mahim and Bandra stations following an argument over seating. Shaikh, who is able-bodied, was in the compartment reserved for persons with disabilities. Pires asked him to leave the coach, leading to an argument
~ June: Mayank Lohar (22) allegedly stabbed to death by a co-passenger, Roshan Suvarna (30), in a local train between Goregaon and Kandivli stations. The two argued over whether the train doors should be closed as it was raining
~ Feb: Bystander loses an eye to a stone flung by a commuter over a spat between him and another traveller on a local train in Bandra
~ Jan: Alok Singh (32), a maths lecturer, stabbed to death by a co-passenger, Omkar Shinde (27), following an argument over the right of way inside a compartment
2025
~ Sept: Commuter Suresh Patil (47) suffers a face injury after a co-passenger throws a wrench at him following an argument
~ June: A doctor couple travelling in a Nanded special train is attacked by a thief near Kurla during a robbery attempt. During the ensuing struggle, both doctors fall off the train and sustain serious injuries. One of them loses his left arm
2018
~ Feb 7: Dravita Singh (23), falls off a moving local between Sandhurst Road and Masjid stations after being hit by ‘fatka‘ robber. Three fingers, a toe and a portion of the right foot crushed under another train. She undergoes multiple surgeries and skin grafts before she is able to walk again
A case of molestation and attempt to murder has been registered against the man, Jitendra Hirmukhe . He is currently in judicial custody. The woman is undergoing treatment at a civic hospital in Mumbai.
According to a police complaint lodged by the woman, who got married just five months ago, she went to Malad on Nov 4 to buy a phone. She reached Malad station in the evening but after seeing that trains were already packed, she travelled to Borivli station and took a slow Vira-bound local train.
The woman said in her complaint that this train, too, was crowded though and she mistakenly entered the compartment reserved for persons with disabilities. “A man kept pushing me repeatedly. I initially ignored him. However, when the train reached Bhayander station, he started touching me inappropriately,” she told police.
Around 7.15pm, the woman and Hirmukhe got down at Naigaon station, where she confronted him for molesting her. However, the man doubled down, allegedly touched her inappropriately again and defiantly asked her: “What difference does it make?”
Angered by his response, the woman took off a slipper and threw it at him. Hirmukhe allegedly abused her, removed his own slipper and hit her with it.
The train was still standing at the platform and many passengers gathered to intervene. Suddenly, Hirmukhe allegedly pushed the woman, causing her to fall on the tracks, into the gap between two coaches. As she tried to climb back onto the platform, the train started moving. She fell into the platform gap. Her left arm came under the train’s wheels and was cut off below the elbow.
Hirmukhe fled from the spot. The woman was initially taken to a Vasai hospital and later shifted to the Mumbai facility for further treatment.
Bhayander railway police examined CCTV footage from the station and traced the man to his residence in Wakipada, Naigaon East. He was arrested on Nov 9. Hirmukhe originally hails from Dharashiv district.
“He has stomach cancer and was travelling in the compartment reserved for persons with disabilities. We traced him with the help of CCTV footage and arrested him from Naigaon,” said Ganpat Tumbada, senior inspector, Bhayander railway police.
Initially, police registered a case under sections 74 (molestation), 117(2) (voluntarily causing hurt) and 352 (intentional insult) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita . Section 109 (attempt to murder) was subsequently added.
The woman demanded the strictest punishment for Hirmukhe. “Despite having done nothing wrong, I had to go through this ordeal. I have permanently lost one of my arms... I want justice,” she said in her statement.
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GFX:
MAIN HL:
3 train deaths in less than a year
+++
2026
~ Aug: A disabled man, Cajetan Denis Pires (62), is allegedly pushed to his death by a co-passenger, Amajad Safruddin Shaikh (48), from a moving train between Mahim and Bandra stations following an argument over seating. Shaikh, who is able-bodied, was in the compartment reserved for persons with disabilities. Pires asked him to leave the coach, leading to an argument
~ June: Mayank Lohar (22) allegedly stabbed to death by a co-passenger, Roshan Suvarna (30), in a local train between Goregaon and Kandivli stations. The two argued over whether the train doors should be closed as it was raining
~ Feb: Bystander loses an eye to a stone flung by a commuter over a spat between him and another traveller on a local train in Bandra
~ Jan: Alok Singh (32), a maths lecturer, stabbed to death by a co-passenger, Omkar Shinde (27), following an argument over the right of way inside a compartment
2025
~ Sept: Commuter Suresh Patil (47) suffers a face injury after a co-passenger throws a wrench at him following an argument
~ June: A doctor couple travelling in a Nanded special train is attacked by a thief near Kurla during a robbery attempt. During the ensuing struggle, both doctors fall off the train and sustain serious injuries. One of them loses his left arm
2018
~ Feb 7: Dravita Singh (23), falls off a moving local between Sandhurst Road and Masjid stations after being hit by ‘fatka‘ robber. Three fingers, a toe and a portion of the right foot crushed under another train. She undergoes multiple surgeries and skin grafts before she is able to walk again
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