THRISSUR: The 23-year-old-woman identified as Soumya of Manjakkavu, suspected to have been raped on the railway track after pushing her from a moving train, has surrendered to death. The woman admitted at the Thrissur Medical College Hospital with serious injuries died at 3 pm this evening.
Sowmya, who was working in a private firm in Kochi, was returning home for a marriage proposal when the incident took place. The Ernakulam-Shornur passenger train was deserted after it left Thrissur station.
The guard of the Ernakulam-Shornur passenger train informed the railway police that a woman had fallen from the train following which a search was conducted and she was found lying on the tracks between Vallatholnagar and Shornur stations, police sources said.
The woman was rushed to Thrissur medical college hospital by the police escort vehicle of Revenue Minister K P Rajendran.
She had head injuries, a fractured skull, bleeding in the brain and was on the ventilator. Most of her injuries were on the face and hand and this could be because she was thrown from the train.
The man who allegedly pushed her down from the the women's compartment of Ernakulam-Shonur passenger train, Govindaswamy, was arrested two days back.
Women's rights activists, social workers and leaders of political parties have expressed shock at the harrowing experience she had undergone and expressed profound sorrow at her death.
