Daijiworld Media Network - Kasargod (SP)
Kasargod, Feb 14: The police have taken into custody three young men for allegedly trying to harass a fellow lady passenger belonging to another country.
The arrested persons happen to be Arshad (20) from Kiliyattara Odiyukund in Iritty, Kannur, Muhammed Kaif (22) from Kottappara, Mullapalli, and V K Vishnu (21) also from Kottappara.
The woman, who is a Brazilian, had got into the Coimbatore Intercity Express train at Mangaluru for going to Palakkad. She was accompanied by a youth from Kerala whom she knew well. Since the time the train reached Ullal station, the above three youngsters had started to harass the lady, it is said.
When the youth accompanying the foreigner objected, they threatened him and continued with their mischief. When the train reached Hosdurg station, the woman complained to the station master. The police immediately came into the compartment, took the youngsters into custody and handed them over to the railway police stationed here.