West Bengal: Man caught allegedly masturbating at Railway station; woman streamed it live on Facebook

A man was caught allegedly masturbating at a West Bengal's Bandel railway station. The man was streamed live on Facebook by a woman inside a train who first saw him masturbating publically on the platform. Reportedly the man started masturbating right outside the woman's compartment when the train was about the departure from the Bandel Station. However, the man ran away after he was noticed by the railway's staff.

The incident took place around 1.15 pm on Sunday and when then Howrah-bound local arrived at the Bandel station. The man in his mid-50s made obscene gestures as some women tried to ignore him and didn't protest against it but as the train was about to leave the platform, the woman in her 20s decided to take the charge. She took her mobile phone and went live on Facebook to broadcast the man's awful gesture.

The woman in the video said, "These days everyone needs proof, so we decided to do a Facebook live. Let him do whatever he wants."

Woman's courage encouraged others in the compartment to protest and the railway staff was informed.

He was doing all this in full public display, and he was standing in front of the railway police office. When the staff saw me making a video, they sprang into action and got him. But the man managed to escape. The video ends at this point," the woman told NDTV.

The police said that he boarded the train and fled. "He appeared to be mentally unstable. We have informed the Burdwan GRP, but he is untraceable," said a Railway police official at Bandel.