Commuter raped by RPF constable at Bandra station

The two accused, Vijay Arjun Waghambare 22 and Ashok Kumar Chaudhary 27, who had been assigned duty at Bandra terminus, boarded the ladies compartment at Khar. After the other female passengers disembarked at Bandra, the trio were left alone. When she asked the two RPF constables whether the train went to Dadar, they replied in the negative and pointed to a local parked at the siding in the station yard.

They asked her to get into the section reserved for handicapped, where Waghambare raped her while Chaudhary kept watch. They then fled after someone approached the local.

Thevictim then went to GRP station at Bandra at around 1 am and lodged a complaint. GRP personnel who accompanied her to the station found the RPF men drinking tea at a stall on platform no 1. The accused were arrested and remanded to GRP custody.

Senior police inspector Ashok Gaikwad of Bandra railway police said Waghambare had confessed to the rape. He was produced before a magistrate on Thursday morning and charged for rape under section 376 of IPC. Both constables have been remanded to police custody until February 11.