India, March 6 -- A 35-year-old labourer, accused of making obscene gestures at multiple women commuters on local trains, was arrested on Tuesday by the Dadar Government Railway Police (GRP). The accused, identified as Rahul Jagdhane, had been evading arrest for weeks.

According to Dadar GRP officials, the most recent incident occurred on February 20 at around 10:15 pm. A 23-year-old woman was travelling in the ladies' compartment of a local train when she noticed Jagdhane seated in the adjacent compartment meant for persons with disabilities. She told the police that he began making lewd gestures at her. Alarmed, she alerted other women in the compartment, but the accused fled as the train neared Dadar station.

The woman promptly repor...