Assam CM write to Naidu, seeks probe into student’s death in A.P.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has requested a formal investigation into the death of student Himashri Boro, whose body was found in Andhra Pradesh. The student had previously expressed safety concerns while traveling on the Dibrugarh Vivek Express.
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The case has sparked significant public concern regarding passenger safety on Indian Railways and inter-state cooperation in criminal investigations.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has sought a “thorough, impartial and time-bound” probe into the death of a 20-year-old student Himashri Boro from Assam whose body was found in a forested area in Andhra Pradesh’s Srikakulam district.
In a letter to his Andhra Pradesh counterpart, N. Chandrababu Naidu, and Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday (October 9, 2026), Mr. Sarma urged them to intervene and ensure a comprehensive investigation into the circumstances surrounding Himashri’s death.
Mr Sarma said the student’s body was recovered from a jungle area after she had called her family expressing fear over the presence of many men around her in a second-class compartment of the Dibrugarh Vivek Express train. She had boarded the train at Visakhapatnam on October 5.
A student of B. Borooah College in Guwahati, Ms. Himashri had travelled to Visakhapatnam as part of a dance troupe and was returning to Guwahati.
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