A 20-year-old student from Assam was found dead near a railway track in Andhra Pradesh after she went missing while travelling on the Kanyakumari–Dibrugarh Vivek Express, with police investigating the circumstances surrounding her death.
Himashri Boro, a student of B Borooah College and a resident of Guwahati, had travelled to Visakhapatnam on September 30 as part of a dance troupe from Assam. She was returning to Guwahati on train number 22503 when her family lost contact with her during the journey.
According to her family, Boro spoke to a friend at around 12.39am while travelling on the train. During the conversation, she reportedly said that some boys were bullying and misbehaving with her. The call was later disconnected, and her phone became unreachable.
Her family subsequently filed a missing person complaint. The Railway Protection Force and police then began a search for her. During the investigation, railway police recovered Boro’s luggage from the S2 coach of the train.
Police have also collected CCTV footage and video footage showing Boro travelling on the train. The material is being examined as part of the investigation into her disappearance and death. Railway police later recovered her body near a railway track in Andhra Pradesh and informed her family.
The cause of death has not yet been established, and the circumstances leading to her death remain unclear. The case has therefore raised questions about what happened after Boro was last seen on the train and how she came to be found away from the coach in which her luggage was recovered.
Boro’s family, which is from Assam’s Kamrup district, has approached Assam Police for assistance with the investigation. Former All Bodo Students’ Union president Dipen Boro has urged the authorities to conduct a thorough inquiry into the circumstances of her death and ensure justice for the family.
The investigation is continuing, with police examining the available CCTV and video footage and working to establish the sequence of events after Boro’s last reported conversation during the train journey.
