India, Dec. 21 -- When 18-year-old Shweta Mahadik left for college on Thursday, she had no inkling that the routine commute would turn into a nightmare. Shweta was pushed out of a moving local train, a morning she'll never forget.

The incident occurred after Shweta confronted a male commuter for travelling in the coach reserved exclusively for women. The man, nabbed at Khandeshwar railway station after commuters alerted the Government Railway Police (GRP), has been identified as Sheikh Akhtar Nawaz. Police say he is likely a homeless man.

Nawaz has been arrested and charged under Section 109 (attempt to murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Sections 162 and 138 of the Indian Railways Act.

Police said the incident took place at aro...