QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) — An analyst at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office is accused of sexually abusing a woman on a Queens train Tuesday, according to police and sources.

Tauhid Dewan, 28, is accused of touching a 40-year-old woman’s private area while they were getting off a No. 7 train at the Junction Boulevard station just before 5 p.m., police sources told PIX11 News.

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The victim and the suspect are strangers, sources said. Dewan was arrested minutes after the incident and charged with sexual abuse and harassment, police said.

Sources said the suspect had no prior arrests.

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Ben Mitchell is a digital content producer from Vermont who has covered both local and international news since 2021. He joined PIX11 in 2024. See more of his work here.

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