Archive · 9 Oct 2026
Assam Student Found Dead After Reporting Unsafe Train Journey
Himashree Boro was a 20-year-old student from Assam.
She was travelling by train after taking part in a dance competition.
She told people in her family that she felt unsafe because some men in her coach were drunk and unruly.
Later, her phone stopped working or could no longer be reached.
Her family contacted railway staff and asked them to check on her.
More than a day later, she was found dead beside the tracks in Andhra Pradesh.
Railway police think she may have fallen from the train, but her family says she was murdered.
Police are investigating, and Assam’s chief minister has asked for a thorough inquiry.
Himashree Boro, a 20-year-old college student from Guwahati, boarded a train alone after attending a dance competition in Visakhapatnam.
She reportedly told family and a friend that she felt unsafe in a coach with unruly, intoxicated men.
Her phone became unreachable around 3 a.m. Tuesday, and her family said railway helpline staff promised an RPF check.
Her body was found beside railway tracks in Tekkali, Srikakulam district, more than 24 hours later.
Railway police suspect she fell from the moving train; her family alleges murder, and authorities have registered a suspicious-death case.
- Who
- Himashree Boro, a 20-year-old college student from Guwahati, Assam.
- What
- She was found dead beside a railway track after reportedly telling family she felt unsafe aboard a train; police suspect a fall, while her family alleges murder.
- When
- She boarded the train around 12:15 a.m. Tuesday; her body was found more than 24 hours later, and the chief minister called for an investigation on Friday.
- Where
- Near Tekkali in Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh; she was travelling from Visakhapatnam toward Guwahati.
- Why
- The circumstances of her death are under investigation; the articles do not establish why she died.
Police suspicion
Family allegation
Cause of death
Police suspicion
Railway police suspect Boro fell from the moving train.
Family allegation
Boro’s family alleges that she was murdered.
- Age
- 20
- Home
- Guwahati, Assam
- Train
- Kanyakumari-Dibrugarh Vivek Express
- Journey
- Visakhapatnam to Guwahati
- Last reported contact
- Her phone became unreachable around 3 a.m. Tuesday
- Discovery
- Beside railway tracks near Tekkali, Srikakulam district
- Police action
- A case was registered under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita section relating to suspicious death
- Assam response
- Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said he wrote to Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu