India, May 5 -- The Palghar Government Railway Police (GRP) on Saturday arrested two Gujarat residents for allegedly outraging the modesty of and assaulting a female lawyer while travelling on board the Mumbai Central-Indore Avantika Express. The incident occurred after the Indore-bound train had passed Saphale and the accused were taken into custody when it reached Valsad station, said police officials.

According to the police, the 43-year-old lawyer, a Thane resident, was travelling in the train's general compartment and was headed to Indore, where her son is enrolled in a residential school. An argument broke out between her and 41-year-old Rubina Yunus Pathan, a Surat resident and one of the arrested accused, after the latter comment...