Techie arrested on charges of sexually harassing woman on Chennai-bound train

CHENNAI: The Govt Railway Police (GRP) on Friday arrested a software engineer for sexually harassing a woman – who is also a software engineer – travelling on a Chennai-bound train in the early hours of August 26.
The arrested man has been identified as K V Kishore, 25, of Kumarapalayam near Bhavani in Namakkal district.
According to police, the woman was travelling from Karur to Chennai in a second class sleeper coach of an express train.When the train was near Katpadi railway station, she used a washroom. When she came out of the washroom, she saw Kishore engaging in an obscene behaviour in front of her, blocking her way.
When she raised objections, he touched her inappropriately. She captured a photograph of the man and rushed to her berth.
When the train reached Chennai Central, she sought the assistance from the Government General Hospital.
GRP police chief S Vanitha formed special teams to mab the suspect. A team, led by the railway superintendent of police (SP) I Eswaran, tracked down the suspect based on the photo the woman had shared with them.