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Pregnant woman pushed off moving train suffers miscarriage, Stalin announces solatium

Pregnant woman pushed off moving train suffers miscarriage, Stalin announces solatium

Chennai, Feb 9 (UNI) The four-month pregnant woman passenger, who was pushed out off a running Express train after resisting a sexual assault bid by a drunkard inside the Ladies compartment has suffered a miscarriage, even as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin expressed deep shock over the incident and announced a solatium of Rs three lakhs to her and that her full medical expenses would be borne by the State government.
In a statement here on Sunday, he said on February 6, the culprit, Hemaraj, had boarded the Coimbatore-Tirupati Intercity Express train at the Jolarpettai Railway station and entered the Ladies compartment where the woman was the lone passenger.
After he tried to sexually assault, she bravely resisted the rape attempt before she was pushed out

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