An Army jawan is in Birsa Munda jail on charges of rapping a 22-year-old woman while being on duty inside the bogey of a train.

According to the FIR based on statement of the victim and registered on Thursday ( December 18, 2025), the incident took place on Thursday around 5:30 pm at Tatisilwai Railway Station near Ranchi, capital city of Jharkhand,where the woman was waiting to board a train.

The incident occurred on Thursday around 5:30 pm at Tatisilwai Railway Station, where the woman was waiting to board a train to Ranchi.

The 42-year-old jawan reportedly took her to an empty train coach and allegedly committed the assault.

"The Army personnel was on duty guarding a defence logistics train. He was reportedly in an inebriated state when he committed the crime," the Railway Protection Force (RPF) official said.

The accused jawan, a resident of the Sarha police station area in Prayagraj district, Uttar Pradesh, was posted with the 42 Medium Regiment in Patiala, Punjab, officials said.

After the woman’s cries for help, bystanders at the railway station raised an alarm, prompting Railway police to rush to the scene.

The jawan attempted to flee but was apprehended, sustaining injuries in the process.

The jawan was produced before a court, which sent him to judicial custody on Friday and produced before the court which remanded him to judicial custody.