Accused arrested in American woman attack case by eabhi200k on 27 August, 2013 - 11:56 PM | ||
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eabhi200k | Accused arrested in American woman attack case on 27 August, 2013 - 11:56 PM | |
Eight days after an American woman was allegedly attacked and robbed inside a moving suburban train, Railway Police today claimed to have cracked the case, with the arrest of a drug addict from Masjid Bunder in south Mumbai."Accused Rajkumar Tiwari (31), a drug addict, was picked up from outside the Masjid Bunder railway station yesterday on suspicion during a combing operation. Upon interrogation, he confessed to the crime, following which he was placed under arrest last night," said B Shirsath, Deputy Police Commissioner of the Government Railway Police (GRP).Tiwari, who hails from Uttar Pradesh, was produced before a court which remanded him in police custody till August 30, the officer said adding that the mobile phone that was robbed from the victim was yet to be recovered.Police said that the Tiwari had slashed the neck and cheek Michelle Marks, a US national, when she refused to part with her i-Phone while travelling in a first-class ladies' compartment of a Borivali-bound local train at about 5 pm on August 18. |