In a shocking incident in Uttar Pradesh, a 35-year-old woman was allegedly raped, and then pushed out of a moving train while travelling through the Mau district.

Though the rape was yet to be confirmed, a Government Railway Police (GRP) official told reporters that falling from the train resulted in the loss of the victim's leg.

GRP official, Sudhir Singh told Mail Today: “We are looking into the matter and the guilty will not be spared".

A 35-year-old woman was allegedly raped, and then pushed out of a moving train while travelling through the Mau district. (pictured - Students hold a candle march protest against the rape of a 14-year-old girl on the Delhi-Kanpur highway).

The woman, who was screaming in pain, was noticed by villagers this morning near Khazakhurd railway station.

"She was lying without clothes, indicating that she might have been raped before being tossed out of the compartment," they said.

The woman alleged that she was returning home in Shahganj area in adjoining Jaunpur district by Tamsa passenger train on Saturday night when two men allegedly raped her and then threw her out of the moving train.

The villagers brought her to Khurhat’s district hospital, but since her condition was serious she was referred to Varanasi.

Indian protesters hold candles during a demonstration against the release of a juvenile rapist in New Delhi (file pic)

UP has earned the dubious distinction of recording the second highest number of crimes on railways after Maharashtra.

Earlier this month, a college girl received serious head injuries after being pushed out of a moving train by a man attempting to snatch her purse in Bareilly.

The incident occurred near Abhaypura railway station on the Lucknow-Lalkuan section when the girl was going to college with her sister.

The woman, who was screaming in pain, was noticed by villagers this morning near Khazakhurd railway station (picture for representation only)

Another woman passenger was robbed and thrown off a Lucknowbound express train by unidentified persons near Chitbaragaon railway station on Chappra- Varanasi section in Ballia district in August.

As per National Crime Records Bureau data, there has been a 52 per cent rise in registered crimes on railways - from 25,737 in 2011 to 39,239 in 2015.