Mumbai: Teenager gets into women’s compartment, steals phone

MUMBAI: A teenager who allegedly got into the women’s compartment of a local train, touched a woman commuter inappropriately, stole her phone and jumped off the moving train before it reached Vasai station on Thursday has been nabbed within 24 hours of the crime, the railway police said.
The police team found it tough to bring the accused Akash Dodhe (19) to the police station as he overpowered them after consuming narcotic substances, officials claimed. The stolen phone has been recovered.
The woman, Julie Jaiswal (24), had boarded the Virar-bound train from Borivli to go to Vasai. With data of calls received on the stolen phone and from CCTV footage, the police tracked down Dodhe from Vasai on Friday. “He does not have any record of crime,” said DCP Pradeep Chavan.
Jaiswal had boarded the train at around 8am. In the complaint, she said, “I was alone in the ladies compartment when the youngster entered just as the train moved from the platform. He caught me by my neck, touched my face, temple, earlobe before punching me on the chest and snatched the cellphone and then jumped off from the moving train.”
Jaiswal, who works as a domestic help, was left in shock after the incident. She managed to go to the police station and lodge a complaint. Dodhe hails from Harihareshwar in Ratnagiri district and does odd jobs for al iving. “He pushed and overpowered the police team when they tried to nab him. He was not ready to accompany the cops,” said a police officer.
Dodhe is in custody for causing hurt while committing robbery and criminal intimidation.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)