A 40-year-old man molested five women on platform number 1 of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus on June 14. The CCTV footage shows the accused, Nawazu Sheikh, in a red-coloured T-shirt making indecent gestures and pushing a woman commuter in full public view. The Government Railway Police (GRP) has been arrested.
In the video which was captured on CCTV, Sheikh was seen misbehaving with a woman in an indecent manner.
According to the GRP no woman had lodged a formal complaint. However, taking a suo moto, the GRP under section 354 has arrested the person. In the video, Nawazu Sheikh, who is understood to be in an inebriated condition, is seen obstructing the path of women commuters.
'Raped 20-year-old'
Sheikh is also accused of sexually assaulting a 20-year-old in the ladies' compartment of a moving Mumbai local train when she was travelling alone on Wednesday morning. The woman, a resident of Girgaon in Mumbai was headed towards Belapur in Navi Mumbai where she was supposed to appear for an exam. The woman boarded the Harbour Line local train at CSMT on Wednesday morning. As soon as the train started moving, a man entered the ladies' compartment which was empty at that time, the official said.
