Disturbing video captured the revolting act of a beggar accused of raping a man on a New York City subway after he committed the despicable crime. 

The NYPD is currently in urgent pursuit of an unknown individual who compelled a 27-year-old to engage in a sexually explicit act on Saturday at approximately 4:15am.

The northbound 1 train where the heinous incident occurred was empty other than the attacker and victim.  

According to law enforcement, the perpetrator reportedly made inappropriate sexual remarks and requested money from the victim before sexually assaulting him as the train neared the Christopher Street station.

In footage shared by the NYPD, the culprit was seen calmly walking past a passenger, disgustingly bringing his hands to his face and sniffing them. 

Upon reaching Christopher Street, the assailant disembarked from the train while the victim promptly approached the train’s operator to report the incident, as stated by an NYPD spokesperson to DailyMail.com.

The police were then notified and the man was taken to the hospital.  

NYPD Crimestoppers are calling upon the community to help identify the predator, who was last seen wearing white sneakers, a blue shirt and blue pants. 

The agency is offering up to a $3,500 reward to anyone with information that leads to an arrest. 

This gut-wrenching attack comes after a man has been accused of raping a dead body on the R train. 

Felix Rojas, 44, turned himself a few days ago and was charged with rape for the April 8 incident near the Whitehall Street station.

The victim was identified as 37-year-old Jorge Gonzalez, who mysteriously died on the train before he was assaulted. 

Gonzalez, who boarded the train around 8pm on April 8, reportedly passed out after smoking a cigarette he had been handed by a woman. 

The sexual assault unfolded when Rojas allegedly got on the R train about three hours later.

He first made contact with the dead man around 11:20pm and robbed him before allegedly assaulting him 25 minutes later. 

Surveillance footage seen by police reportedly shows the 44-year-old man having sex with the corpse then leaving the train.

Police said another passenger rifled through Gonzalez’s pockets and stole from him before his body was finally found by a conductor. 

In an April 3 press release, the NYPD boasted about the city’s ‘historic crime reductions’ during the first quarter of 2025. 

Police said subway crime was down to the second-lowest level in 27 years, with major crime dropping about 18 percent. 

‘The women and men of the NYPD are driving record-breaking reductions in crime and violence,’ NYPD Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch said. 

However, weekly crime data shared by the city reveals there was a 25 percent increase in transit crimes in the last full week of April compared to the same period in 2024. 

Last year, there were 32 crimes on public transportation in late-April. This year, there were 40. 

Comparing the entire month of April to the same period last year, there was a nine percent MTA crime increase. 

In April 2024, there were 134 reported incidents, while there were 146 complaints last month. 

Tisch addressed growing safety concerns on NYC transit systems, specifically subways, at the start of the year. 

‘I want to be very clear, subways will allows be a bellwether for the perception of public safety in New York City. Declining crime numbers are significant,’ she said at a press conference.

‘But we still must do more because people don’t feel safe on our subways. Effective this week, I’ve directed that we move more than 200 officers onto the trains to do specialty train patrol.’

DailyMail.com has reached out to the MTA for comment.