A 23-year-old woman was injured seriously after she jumped from a running train on Tuesday night to escape a molestation bid.
The police are investigating whether she was thrown out of the Ernakulam-Shoranur passenger train by the molester. They suspect that he also jumped from the train and then raped her.
The woman was found in an unconscious state near the track at Vettikkattiri near Cheruthururthy at 9.30 p.m., after the guard informed the Railway Police.
She was rushed to the Thrissur Medical College Hospital by a police escort vehicle of Kerala Revenue Minister K.P. Rajendran and was admitted to the ICU. Her condition remains serious, hospital sources said.
The woman was put on ventilator. She suffered head injuries, a fractured skull, and bleeding in the brain. Most of her injuries were in the face and hand, and this could be because she was thrown out of the train. Normally, when a person jumps from a moving train, the injuries are in the legs, hospital sources said.
According to the police, her compartment was near empty; usually, the women's compartment is almost empty after the train leaves Thrissur, and there were no guards or policemen in the coach.
The police are searching for a physically challenged person who got into the train at the Vallathole Nagar station. The woman, who works in a private firm in Kochi, was on her way home near Shoranur in connection with a marriage proposal.
