India, Feb. 8 -- A 36-year-old pregnant woman was pushed from a moving train after she allegedly resisted a man's attempt to sexually assault her on the Coimbatore-Tirupati Intercity Express on Thursday night, police officers aware of the matter said on Friday.

The 31-year-old accused, who has been arrested, was out on bail after being arrested for the murder of a woman in Chennai in April last year. He was previously booked under the Goondas Act in 2022, they added.

The survivor, who is four-month pregnant, suffered fractures to her hand and leg, and sustained a head injury. She is currently undergoing treatment at a government hospital, police said.

"The woman was on her way to visit her mother at Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh," a polic...