Overview

• Cleaning staff discovered the child’s body inside the lavatory dustbin of AC coach B2 of the Kushinagar Express at Lokmanya Tilak Terminus early Saturday.
• The victim was identified as Akash Shah, 3, from Surat, whose disappearance had prompted a kidnapping case filed by his mother in Amroli police station.
• Police have named the child’s cousin, Vikas Kumar Shah, mid-20s, as the prime suspect and say he remains at large.
• Investigators say autopsy findings indicate the throat was cut with a sharp object, and they have ruled out sexual assault.
• GRP, RPF and Gujarat police are coordinating a manhunt using CCTV and mobile location data that place the suspect with the child at Surat station and later at Dadar and LTT in Mumbai.