Archive · 11 Oct 2026
Railway Police Recreate Assam Student’s Death at Track
Police are trying to understand how Himashree Boro died.
Her body was found beside railway tracks near Dusi station on October 7.
On Sunday, police recreated possible ways she could have fallen from a train.
They dropped two mannequins that weighed 50 kilograms each and were about her height.
The mannequins were dropped from the Prashanti Express while it was travelling at 130 kmph.
Investigators considered whether someone pushed her, a sudden movement threw her off, or she fell by accident.
Experts from several fields watched the test.
Police said they expected to release an analysis report on Monday.
Railway police conducted a simulation on Sunday to investigate Himashree Boro’s death.
Her body was found beside the railway track near Dusi railway station on October 7.
Two 50-kilogram mannequins matching Boro’s height were dropped from the Prashanti Express at 130 kmph.
Investigators tested whether she may have been pushed, thrown off by sudden jerks, or accidentally fallen.
Police said an analysis report was expected on Monday; forensic and railway experts attended.
- Who
- Himashree Boro; Srikakulam and government railway police conducted the reconstruction.
- What
- Police tested possible scenarios surrounding Boro’s death by dropping mannequins from a moving train.
- When
- The simulation took place on Sunday; Boro’s body was found on October 7. The report was expected Monday.
- Where
- Near Dusi railway station, with the train departing from Visakhapatnam.
- Why
- To investigate the suspicious circumstances of Boro’s death and assess possible ways she may have fallen from the train.
Possible Accidental Fall
Possible Other Causes
How Boro may have left the train
Possible Accidental Fall
She may have accidentally slipped and fallen.
Possible Other Causes
She may have been pushed or thrown off by sudden jerks.
- Deceased
- Himashree Boro
- Body found
- Beside the railway track near Dusi railway station on October 7
- Train used
- Prashanti Express
- Train speed
- 130 kmph
- Test objects
- Two 50-kilogram mannequins matching Boro’s height
- Train departure
- Visakhapatnam at 1:30 pm
- Expected report
- Monday