Archive · 9 Oct 2026
Assam Student Found Dead After Disappearing Aboard Train
Himashree Boro was a 20-year-old student from Assam who was travelling home by train.
She had been to Visakhapatnam with a dance group.
Her family said she felt scared because there were many men around her in the crowded coach.
She contacted people she knew, and one report says she made a distress call.
Her phone later stopped working, and her family asked railway police to search for her.
Her bag and other belongings were found on the train.
Her body was later found beside railway tracks in Andhra Pradesh.
The railway said early evidence suggested she fell from the train, but police have not confirmed how she died.
They are investigating.
Himashree Boro, a 20-year-old student from Assam, went missing while travelling from Visakhapatnam to Guwahati on the Dibrugarh Vivek Express.
Her family said she felt afraid in a crowded coach surrounded by men; reports say she contacted friends or family, with one account describing a distress call.
Her phone became unreachable, and railway police found her bag and other belongings in the train’s S2 coach.
Her body was found beside railway tracks in Andhra Pradesh’s Srikakulam district; reports give differing descriptions of the recovery site, including near Tekkali, Tikulampur and Malayapuram.
South Coast Railway said preliminary evidence suggested she fell from the train, while police said the cause and circumstances of her death have not been conclusively established.
- Who
- Himashree Boro, a 20-year-old student from Assam’s Kamrup district.
- What
- She went missing during a train journey and was later found dead beside railway tracks.
- When
- She boarded on the night of October 5; reports say she was last heard from on October 6, but differ on the time.
- Where
- She travelled from Visakhapatnam toward Guwahati; her body was found in Andhra Pradesh’s Srikakulam district.
- Why
- The circumstances and cause of her death remain under investigation.
Preliminary railway assessment
Police investigation
Possible cause of death
Preliminary railway assessment
South Coast Railway said preliminary evidence suggested she died after falling from the train.
Police investigation
Police say the cause and circumstances have not been conclusively established and are examining whether she fell or other circumstances were involved.
Reported man at the station
Preliminary railway assessment
Investigators are trying to identify a man reportedly seen with her on the Visakhapatnam platform and determine whether he had a role.
Police investigation
The reports do not establish that the man was involved in her disappearance or death.
- Name and age
- Himashree Boro, 20
- Home district
- Kamrup district, Assam
- College
- B Borooah College in Guwahati
- Train
- Dibrugarh Vivek Express, Train 22503
- Boarding
- Visakhapatnam, around 11:50 p.m. on October 5; S2 coach
- Last contact
- Reports differ: one account gives 2:39 a.m. on October 6, while another says around 1:30 p.m.
- Body recovery
- Beside railway tracks in Srikakulam district; reports describe the area variously as near Tekkali, Tikulampur or Malayapuram.
- Investigation
- Police are examining evidence; the cause of death has not been conclusively established.
Sources
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