'Drunk men around me': Assam student's last video from train before she went missing
A 20-year-old student from Assam was found dead near railway tracks in Andhra Pradesh after going missing during a train journey. Her family alleges murder and negligence by railway authorities, while police suggest she may have fallen from the train.
Why it matters
The case has sparked public outcry regarding passenger safety and the security of women traveling alone on Indian railways.
GUWAHATI: A 20-year-old Assam college student travelling alone on a train after a dance competition had told her family she felt unsafe in a coach surrounded by inebriated men, and had also shared a video of the compartment with a friend, before contact with her was lost in the early hours of October 6.Her body was found near railway tracks in Andhra Pradesh’s Srikakulam district on Wednesday.Himashri Boro’s family has alleged murder and accused the Railway Protection Force (RPF) of negligence, demanding a thorough investigation into the circumstances leading to her death.The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR), however, said the circumstances were under inquiry and that a preliminary probe by the Government Railway Police (GRP) in Palasa prima facie suggested that Boro might have fallen from a moving train.‘She said she felt unsafe’: Family recounts last call, videoBoro, a resident of Bonda in Assam’s Kamrup Metropolitan district, had travelled to Visakhapatnam…
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