Overview
- Himashree Boro, 20, disappeared during a Dibrugarh‑bound Vivek Express journey and a body matching her description was recovered near railway tracks in Srikakulam district on October 7.
- Her family says they received a final call at about 2:39 am on October 6 in which she said she felt unsafe because many men were around her, and her phone later became unreachable.
- Railway police found her bags and identification in the train’s S2 coach, and investigators are examining CCTV from Visakhapatnam and other stations plus a video she sent to identify an unidentified man seen on platform footage.
- GRP, RPF and Srikakulam district police are probing whether she fell from the moving train or was pushed, and Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has written to the Union railway minister and Andhra Pradesh chief minister and deputed a senior Assam police officer to coordinate with Andhra agencies.
- The case has intensified scrutiny on passenger safety on crowded long‑distance trains, prompted student protests and raised questions about the Rail Madad (139) response and cross‑state forensic coordination.