India, Aug. 29 -- A man was purportedly seen masturbating next to a woman passenger on a local train in Mumbai. The Mumbai Police has taken cognisance of the incident after a video went viral on social media.

The purported clip shows the man sitting in a train seat with a bag on his lap. He was seated next to a woman passenger. Another passenger seated opposite shot the video.

A few seconds into the clip, the man recording it alerted the woman passenger, asking her if she could move to another seat.

"Can you sit somewhere else?" the man repeated twice, looking at the woman, adding, "He is masturbating seeing you".

The video then shows the woman confronting the alleged accused, asking him what he is doing on the train. The clip subsequ...