A woman travelling alone in the women’s compartment of the Mangalore Express train was assaulted and robbed between Thane and Kanjurmarg railway stations on Friday morning. The woman was returning from a visit to her mother who had a bypass heart surgery in April.

According to police sources, the 32-year-old Virar resident boarded the 12134 Mangalore Express at Kundapur station at 3.40 pm on Thursday and reached Thane around 8 am on Friday. There were three women including the victim in the compartment when the train stopped at Thane. The two other women alighted at the station while the victim remained on the train. Seeing her alone in the compartment, the robber entered as the train was leaving the platform.