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Mumbai: In a face-saving breakthrough for authorities, Railway Police on Monday claimed to have arrested a man who had allegedly attacked and robbed an American woman inside a sub-urban train in south Mumbai.  "Accused Rajkumar Tiwari was arrested in connection with the attack on Michelle Marks, a US national," railway police sources were quoted confirming the development to a news agency.  According to reports, Tiwari had slashed the victim on her neck and cheek 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.    The accused had jumped out of the train as it slowed down at Charni Road railway station.    According to police, Marks was alone in the compartment. As it was a Sunday, the bogie was empty. The victim spotted the accused inside the train at Marine Lines station.    The victim, who resides at Goregaon along with her brother and two others, works with an NGO and has been in Mumbai since a year. On the day of the attack, she had gone to Colaba for a prayer meet.    The arrest comes at a time when police across Maharashtra have launched a massive drive to crack down on eve-teasers across the state in wake of gang-rape of 22-year photojournalist in Mumbai just days ago.