Soldier held for teasing women in train

RAIPUR - A soldier was arrested here on a charge of teasing two women in a train passing through Chhattisgarh, police said Saturday.

The incident took place late Friday in the Howrah-Pune Azad Hind Express when Sanjay Shankar allegedly began misbehaving with two women in a sleeper coach.

“When the train stopped at Raipur station, several fellow passengers caught him and started beating him. They then handed him over to the GRP (Government Railway Police),” a police officer said.

“The accused who was in a drunken state was going to Pune where he is posted as supervisor in the engineering wing of the army. The GRP will prepare and send the case details to his army office in Pune,” the officer added.