An Indian student has been hailed as a heroine for standing up to a man molesting her at a train station in the middle of the day, and dragging him by the hair to the police – while dozens of people did nothing to help.

Pradnya Mandhare, 20, was travelling home after a day of classes at Sathaye College, in the Mumbai suburb of Vile Parle, when she was approached by an obviously drunken man.

Pradnya Mandhare has dragged a drunk man by his hair to the police station after he allegedly attacked her. Credit:Facebook

"This visibly drunk person came to me and touched me inappropriately," she said. "When I tried to avoid him, he grabbed me. I was shocked for a couple of seconds, but then I started hitting him with my bag.

"He was trying to hit me, but I could overpower him because he was stinking of alcohol and I could make out that he was drunk."