Chinese man, nagged over lack of partner, molests woman on train

A file picture of train passengers in Chongqing making their way home ahead of the Lunar New Year travel rush earlier this month. Photo: Xinhua

BEIJING: A Chinese man desperate to bring home a girlfriend for the Lunar New Year holiday crawled into the bed of a woman he had never met on a night train bound for his home town, according to a newspaper report.

The migrant worker in his 30s was arrested for sexual assault after the incident on the train travelling from Chongqing to Sichuan province, the Chongqing Daily reported.