Team Herald
VASCO: In a horrific incident reported onboard a moving train, four unknown persons on Saturday allegedly offered a Kerala woman a spiked drink and later raped her in the train toilet.
Vasco police informed that a woman from Kerala was raped in a moving train which was proceeding to Mangaluru. In her complaint, the victim stated that on Saturday she was proceeding from Kerala to Mangaluru when four unknown persons befriended her and offered her water. After drinking the water she felt giddy and started losing her consciousness. Taking advantage of her condition, four unknown passengers took her to the train toilet and repeatedly raped her and left her.
The next day (Sunday morning) when train arrived at the Vasco Railway Station, the railway cleaning staff noticed the victim and she was taken to Chicalim hospital in an ambulance.
After medical examination and police investigation, it came to light that the woman was raped. Vasco police have registered a rape case against four unknown persons and the case was transferred to Kerala State police for further investigation, sources added.
