TN: Pregnant woman who was pushed off train by predator moved to private hospital

CHENNAI: A pregnant woman who was pushed off a moving train near Katpadi by a 27-year-old man after she resisted his rape bid has been transferred from the government hospital to a private hospital in Ranipet, said a Daily Thanthi report.

Following the incident on Thursday night, the injured woman, who was 4 months pregnant, was brought to a government hospital. A scan was done which revealed that the fetus had a heartbeat. However, when a second scan was conducted around 12 noon on Saturday, there was no heartbeat, indicating loss of pregnancy, the report added.

Meanwhile, senior officials from the Chennai Division of Southern Railway who met the 36-year-old woman in the government hospital handed over an ex gratia compensation of Rs 50,000.

The woman has now been moved to a private hospital in Ranipet for further treatment.

The woman who lives in Tirupur with her husband and son had boarded the Tirupati-bound intercity express train from Tirupur station on Thursday night. After most of the passengers in the coach alighted at Jolarpettai, the woman was alone, when the 27-year-old man, said to be a history-sheeter, boarded the coach. He made advances towards the woman, who ran towards the restroom to save herself. Angered by the resistance, he pushed her out of the moving train.

The woman sustained fractures to her hand and leg and was taken by passersby to the Government Medical College Hospital in Vellore.

Within 12 hours of the crime, the accused, Hemaraj of Pooncholai village near KV Kuppam, was arrested with the help of CCTV footage. Investigations by police revealed that he was wanted by the Katpadi railway police station in a robbery case and a murder and rape case was pending at Gudiyatham city police station against him.