Mumbai is still counted among the safest cities in the country, but recent incidents have shown that women in the city are most vulnerable while commuting to and from work.

In the past week alone, there have been three episodes that have returned the spotlight on how unsafe the local train commute continues to be. A couple of days ago, a woman travelling in the women's compartment around 11.30 pm, when a thug slapped her and stole her phone. Predictably, there was no cop posted in the compartment, even though the rules say there has to be one present from 8 pm until the last train has completed its run. There have been such incidents in broad daylight too. A week ago, a 14-year-old girl, travelling to college at 9 am from CST, was severely injured after she jumped out of a running train to escape a man who had boarded the women's coach and approached her. Just the day before that, another woman spotted a man masturbating at her on the train.