Woman robbed, assaulted aboard train

Victim sustains fractures, head injuries after jumping off train

A woman train passenger sustained multiple fractures and head injuries on Wednesday as she reportedly jumped off a train in an attempt to flee a man who initially robbed her and then assaulted her in a largely deserted compartment of the Guruvayur-Punalur service. The victim, identified as Asha Murali, a regular commuter in her 30s, has been admitted at the neuro intensive care unit of a private hospital in the city where her condition was said to be stable. The assailant was identified as Babukuttan, a resident of Nooranad in Alappuzha district. The Government Railway Police (GRP) and the Railway Protection Force along with the local police are on a hunt to nab him. The incident took place around 8.45 a.m. shortly after the victim, a clerk at the higher secondary regional office at Chengannur, had boarded the D8 compartment of the train from the Mulanthuruthy station.