{"id":72473,"date":"2026-04-22T21:54:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T02:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/22\/manhattan-das-office-employee-charged-with-sexual-abuse-after-alleged-incident-on-queens-subway\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T21:54:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T02:54:58","slug":"manhattan-das-office-employee-charged-with-sexual-abuse-after-alleged-incident-on-queens-subway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/22\/manhattan-das-office-employee-charged-with-sexual-abuse-after-alleged-incident-on-queens-subway\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhattan DA’s office employee charged with sexual abuse after alleged incident on Queens subway"},"content":{"rendered":"

An analyst with the Manhattan District Attorney\u2019s Office<\/a> was arrested Tuesday on allegations that he sexually abused a woman<\/span> while off duty, police told Fox News Digital Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tauhid Dewan, 28, is accused of inappropriately touching a 40-year-old woman\u2019s private area during a late-afternoon rush-hour subway ride in Queens, according<\/a> to local outlet PIX11.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The victim was reportedly a random woman, the outlet added, citing sources who said she and the suspect were strangers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A spokeswoman for the office told Fox News Digital that the staffer has since been suspended.<\/p>\n

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According to the New York Police Department, Dewan was arrested around 5 p.m., possibly after returning from work.<\/p>\n

PIX11 added that the arrest occurred minutes after the incident, which allegedly took place on a No. 7 train near the Junction Boulevard station.<\/p>\n

He was subsequently arrested by the NYPD Transit Bureau and is facing multiple charges, including forcible touching on a bus or train, third-degree sexual abuse<\/a>, and second-degree harassment involving physical contact.<\/p>\n

He was also charged with acting in a manner injurious to a child under the age of 17, suggesting a minor may have been nearby and either witnessed the alleged conduct or was placed at risk by it.<\/p>\n

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Law<\/a> enforcement sources said Dewan has no prior arrests, local outlets reported.<\/p>\n

According to city records, Dewan has worked at the Manhattan District Attorney\u2019s Office as a senior investigative analyst for nearly four years, since July 10, 2022.<\/p>\n

His arraignment in Queens Criminal Court was scheduled for Wednesday, according to state records.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An analyst with the Manhattan District Attorney\u2019s Office was arrested Tuesday on allegations that he sexually abused a woman while off duty, police told Fox News Digital Wednesday.\u00a0 Tauhid Dewan, 28, is accused of inappropriately touching a 40-year-old woman\u2019s private area during a late-afternoon rush-hour subway ride in Queens, according to local outlet PIX11.\u00a0 The … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72473\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}