UP: Man beaten to death for sexual assaulting girl in moving train

The victim's mother has filed an FIR against Kumar under section 74 (criminal force to any woman intending to outrage her modesty).

A 34-year-old man, who worked as a railway contract labourer, was beaten to death by passengers on a moving Humsafar Express train between Lucknow and Kanpur after he allegedly sexually assaulted an 11-year-old girl, police said on Friday. The man has been identified as Bihar's Prashant Kumar.

The GRP took him to KPM Hospital where he was declared dead.(Representational image)

After the incident, the victim's family caught him on Tuesday night.

Kumar had boarded the Humsafar Express from Siwan, Bihar, along with the victim's family, the police said. He had offered his berth to the 11-year-old girl. He sexually assaulted her when her mother was away.

The girl told about the incident to her family and other passengers. Enraged, they thrashed him badly. He was taken into the custody of GRP at Kanpur Central Station.

Soon, his health deteriorated. The GRP took him to KPM Hospital where he was declared dead.

The victim's mother had filed an FIR against Kumar under section 74 (criminal force to any woman intending to outrage her modesty) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the police said.

With inputs from PTI