A railway worker attached to onboard services on the Visakha Express has been booked on a charge of raping a woman passenger during a journey from Visakhapatnam to Secunderabad on Sunday (April 25, 2026) the police said.
The woman lodged a complaint at the Rentachintala police station in Palnadu district on Tuesday, and a First Information Report (FIR) was registered. The case has since been transferred to the Government Railway Police (GRP) for further investigation.
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According to the police, the accused was engaged in supplying bedsheets and other services in air-conditioned (AC) coaches. He allegedly approached the woman and her husband while they were seated near a toilet in a general compartment and persuaded them to move to an AC coach, citing better seating arrangements.
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