An army jawan has been arrested on Sunday for alleged attempt to rape a sleeping woman inside in an air-conditioned coach of a running train on Sunday.
The incident took place in the wee hours at the Guwahati-Ledo Inter City Express. The accused jawan from the 299 Field Regiment, posted at Maiballa in Sonari under Sibsagar district of Assam, was arrested at Mariani station by railway police.
According to the allegation, she was sleeping in the upper berth of an AC 3-tier coach, while the jawan was sleeping in the middle, her mother in the lower berth and her brother in a side berth.
The jawan also tried to prevent her from shouting by putting his hand on her mouth but she managed to raise an alarm causing her family members and other passengers wake up and catch the army man.
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