Overview
- Government Railway Police traced Archana Tiwari to Lakhimpur Kheri on the Indo‑Nepal border on August 19 and brought her to Bhopal on August 20.
- SP (Railways) Rahul Kumar Lodha said she left her bag on the train, discarded her phone in the Midghat jungles, and used a CCTV blind spot at Itarsi to deboard.
- Investigators detained her acquaintance Saransh, and say driver Tejendra Singh aided the plan; Delhi Police had separately arrested Tejendra in a fraud case.
- Probe teams used call records and extensive CCTV reviews to map movements through Shujalpur, Hyderabad, Jodhpur and Delhi before she stayed in Kathmandu.
- A Gwalior constable who booked a ticket was questioned, with GRP later indicating no involvement; officials note she is an adult as statements and legal review continue.