Overview

• Vikas Kumar Shah, 25, was arrested in Mumbai’s Bandra Kurla Complex after a multi‑agency search led by the Surat Crime Branch with Amroli police support.
• The child’s body was found inside a dustbin in the lavatory of AC coach B2 when the Kushinagar Express reached Mumbai’s Lokmanya Tilak Terminus from Gorakhpur.
• The investigation was upgraded from kidnapping to murder following post‑mortem findings, and authorities have ruled out sexual assault.
• Police traced the suspect’s movements through phone location data and CCTV, placing him at Dadar, Vidyavihar and the LTT foot overbridge.
• Officials said the accused is being taken to Surat for further legal proceedings as teams continue to piece together the sequence of events.