Devpalik Gupta went missing while travelling on the Ranchi–Patna Janshatabdi Express; police suspect he may have fallen from the moving train, but the circumstances surrounding his death remain under investigation.
Devpalik Gupta, the digital communications manager of Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party (JSP), was found dead near railway tracks in Ranchi, Jharkhand, on Tuesday, approximately 24 hours after he went missing from a train travelling towards Patna.
The 31-year-old was travelling with two colleagues on the Ranchi–Patna Janshatabdi Express on Monday afternoon when he suddenly went missing. His body was subsequently recovered from bushes near the railway tracks at Jarwadih, within the jurisdiction of Angara police station.
Jan Suraaj Party national spokesperson Kumar Saurabh Singh said a First Information Report (FIR) had been registered at around 9 pm on Monday following the incident.
Devpalik Gupta Disappears During Train Journey
According to his colleague Gautam Kumar, the train departed for Patna at approximately 2.25 pm on Monday. Around 10 minutes later, Devpalik reportedly went towards the pantry car to get food. This was the last time Gautam and their other colleague, Nishant, saw him.
When Devpalik failed to return for nearly two hours, his colleagues became concerned. They searched the pantry car and checked the other coaches but could not locate him.
“We went to the pantry car next to our coach