The accused, Jitendra Hirmukhe seen walking on the platform after allegedly pushing woman onto tracks
VASAI: CCTV footage has emerged showing the accused man walking away from Naigaon railway station after allegedly pushing a 20-year-old woman onto the railway tracks on November 4, leaving her with left arm severed below the elbow. The accused, identified as Jitendra Hirmukhe, was arrested by Bhayandar Railway Police on November 9. He allegedly assaulted the woman after she objected to him touching her inappropriately during a local train journey. A case of molestation and attempt to murder has been registered against Hirmukhe. The victim is currently undergoing treatment at Cooper Hospital in Mumbai. The woman, who got married in June 2026, was living with her husband in a rented house in Naigaon East. According to her police complaint, she had gone to Malad on November 4 to buy a new mobile phone. In the evening, she reached Malad railway station to return home to Naigaon. Due to the rush, she travelled to Borivli station and boarded the 6.41pm slow local train to Virar from platform number 3. As the train was crowded, she mistakenly entered the compartment reserved for persons with disabilities. "A man was repeatedly pushing me. I initially ignored him. However, when the train reached Bhayandar station, he started touching me inappropriately," the woman told the police. At around 7.15pm, the woman and the accused got down at platform number 1 at Naigaon station. She confronted him over allegedly molesting her. However, the accused allegedly touched her inappropriately again and questioned her, saying, "What difference does it make?" (Is se kya hota hai). Angered by his response, the woman took off her slipper and threw it at him. The accused allegedly abused her, removed his own slipper and hit her with it. The train was still standing at the platform, and several passengers had gathered to intervene. Suddenly, the accused allegedly pushed the woman, causing her to fall into the gap between two coaches. As she tried to climb back onto the platform, the train started moving. She fell into the space between the platform wall and the railway tracks. Her left arm was severed below the elbow after it came under the train's wheels. The accused fled the spot after the incident. The injured woman was initially taken to Janseva Hospital in Vasai and later shifted to Cooper Hospital in Vile Parle for further treatment. Railway police examined CCTV footage from the station and traced the accused to his residence in Wakipada, Naigaon East. He was arrested on November 9. Hirmukhe is originally from Dharashiv district.
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"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 police inspector of Bhayandar Railway Police Station. Initially, the police registered a case under Sections 74 (molestation), 117(2) (voluntarily causing hurt) and 352 (intentional insult) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). Section 109 (attempt to murder) was subsequently added to the case. The accused is currently in judicial custody. "Despite having done nothing wrong, I had to go through this ordeal. I have permanently lost one of my arms. I want the accused to receive the strictest possible punishment. I want justice," the victim said.
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