The girl’s mother found that the man had ejaculated on her daughter in the overcrowded Delhi Metro coach and she got down at the Seelampur station, the officials added
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The Delhi police, on Thursday, said that they have arrested a man who allegedly masturbated and ejaculated on a minor girl while travelling on a Delhi Metro train. The incident happened on the ‘Red Line’ on Wednesday night, around 8.30 pm. The train was crowded due to Rakshabandhan festivities, PTI report quoted officials.
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Reportedly, the girl’s mother found that the man had ejaculated on her daughter in the overcrowded coach and she got down at the Seelampur station, the officials added.
The accused, who hails from West Bengal, was apprehended by two other passengers who noticed the incident and handed him over to the Delhi Metro authorities at the Shahdara station; the personnel later informed the police.
Man masturbates in front of passenger at Mandi House
Similar incident happened three weeks ago on August 7 wherein a 23-year-old man was arrested for allegedly masturbating in front of a woman on the platform of Delhi Metro station. The incident had happened on Mandi House station.
The woman—who boarded a Metro from Tughlaqbad station—was waiting for a friend at the station when the accused—identified as Shivam Sharma, standing on the opposite platform—allegedly began masturbating in front of her. She then filed a complaint with CISF, in charge of manning Metro stations.
However, before they could get a hold of him, the accused boarded a metro. The accused was then tracked using the CCTV footage, which had captured the incident, and later arrested from Begumpur area.
These incidents came months after another man was booked for masturbating in a metro train. A video of a man engaging in the act in a metro train had gone viral on social media. Following which the Delhi Commission for Women Chief Swati Maliwal issued a notice to the police asking them to file a case against the man spotted in the video. The police, taking suo moto action, filed a case under Section 294 (obscene acts and songs) of the Indian Penal Code against the man.