Four women who thrashed collegian in local arrested

The Vasai Road railway police on Thursday took action against four women for allegedly abusing and insulting a 20-year-old student who was on her way to college on Tuesday. One of the arrested women works as a clerk in the Mumbai sessions court.

The women have been identified as Deepali Sawant (45), who does household work in Grant Road, Neha Thakur (24), an account assistant, Naina Thakur (50), a clerk with Mumbai sessions court and Ashwini Gurav (24), who works in a private firm.

According to the police, complainant Rutuja Naik is pursing engineering in Vartak College in Vasai. On Tuesday, she was travelling on the 8.40am Virar local. "When she was standing on the gangway of the compartment, four unknown women approached her and started harassing her. They hurled abuses at her and then assaulted her," said a police officer.

Naik lodged a complaint in this regard with Vasai Road railway police on Wednesday where the police registered a non-cognisable complaint. "On Thursday, the police laid a trap and took and arrested the women after Naik identified them at Virar railway station. The police are investigating the matter and have booked the women on charges of voluntarily causing hurt, intentional insult to provoke breach of peace and acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention of the Indian Penal Code," the officer said.