Overview
- Cleaning staff discovered the boy inside the lavatory dustbin of AC coach B2 after the Gorakhpur–Mumbai train arrived at Lokmanya Tilak Terminus early Saturday.
- Railway Protection Force and Government Railway Police responded, prepared a panchnama, and sent the body to Rajawadi Hospital for post-mortem.
- Mumbai railway police noted injuries on the neck and said a murder investigation is in progress pending autopsy findings.
- Investigators linked the child to a missing-person and kidnapping complaint filed at Amroli police station in Surat; the family confirmed the identification from a photograph.
- A manhunt is underway for the named cousin suspect, reported as Vikas Saha, with teams reviewing CCTV, tracking phone data, and interviewing passengers along the route.