Hyderabad, May 21 -- A Muslim woman was publicly harassed, frisked, and subjected to verbal abuse aboard a train travelling from Silchar in Assam, a video of which has gone viral on social media, drawing widespread condemnation and prompting calls for action from political leaders, including AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi.

The incident reportedly took place on May 16 aboard a Silchar-Guwahati passenger train. According to local reports, the victim, identified in social media posts as Shamshad and described as a Muslim woman, was travelling towards Dimapur in Nagaland when a group of co-passengers began interrogating and searching her belongings inside the moving train.

The victim, who was wearing a kurta with a scarf covering her head and...