Andhra man arrested for sexually assaulting minor on moving train in Tamil Nadu
In Febraury, a four-month pregnant woman was allegedly sexually assaulted and pushed off of a train in Tamil Nadu. One person was detained by the police in connection with the incident.The woman, who was travelling to Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh, was sexually assaulted by two men in the early hours of Friday near Jolarpettai in Tirupattur district. The woman was going to the train washroom when the two men waylaid her. As she screamed for help, the two men allegedly pushed her out of the train near KV Kuppam in Vellore district.The woman, suffered fractures in her hand and leg, and sustained an injury to her head.advertisement
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