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Thief tosses girl out of running train in Bombay

The Bombay railway police have launched massive combing operations on all Western Railway stations to nab a pickpocket who threw a college girl out of a running train on Monday.

Twenty-three-year-old Jaymala Asher lost her feet in the incident.

Under treatment at Nair hospital, she described the thief as dark, thin, around 5 feet 2 inches, round-faced and with trim hair. Aged about 30, he was wearing a dirty white t-shirt and black jeans.

Jaymala, a south Bombay resident, boarded the 0545 hours Borivili slow local to Malad, where she attended the MD Shah women's college. Soon as she settled in a seat, the culprit approached her demanding money. When she refused, he dragged her to the door and flung her out of the train.

The Charni Road stationmaster informed the railway police, who admitted her to the hospital. She was bleeding profusely and the skin had completely peeled off her legs. The tendons below the shins on both legs were exposed, leaving the doctors no option but to amputate.

Hospital sources said Jaymala's condition was now stable.

Bombay Central Railway Police Inspector Vajpayee said drug addicts along the tracks from Charni Road to Bombay Central were taken before Jaymala for identification.

Superintendent of Police (Railway) K Ramachandran said the culprit is probably a drug addict. ''Hopefully, we will get him by today or tomorrow,'' he said.

He admitted that stone-throwing incidents are on the rise along Western Railway tracks and said uniformed personnel would be deputed to patrol the ladies compartments early mornings and late nights.

UNI

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