His body, which was located today near a railway track close to Jarwadih village on the Ranchi-Muri line, has been identified by his brother. A member of Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party, Devpalik Gupta, who went missing from a moving train while travelling from Patna, was found dead in a forest in Jharkhand. Gupta was part of the party’s communications team. He was on way to Patna from Ranchi with two friends.
The 31-year-old went missing while travelling on the Jan Shatabdi Express on Monday.
“Thereafter, we left our berth and went to the pantry car next to our coach, but we did not find him. When the train stopped at Muri Junction, they lodged a complaint with the Government Railway Police, prompting a search. It prays for strength to the family and friends to bear the irreparable loss. We urge Jharkhand Police to probe this incident thoroughly and make the investigation report public at the earliest”.
Devpalik Gupta (HJ, Delhi | 2018-19 Batch) under mysterious circumstances in Jharkhand…
Angara police station officer-in-charge Gautam Kumar Rajwar said preliminary investigation suggests that Gupta fell off the moving train accidentally and died. Then we checked every coach, but he was nowhere on the train,” he said. The Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) condoled Gupta’s death, describing it as “heart-wrenching”. In a message, the IIMC said, “Team IIMCAA deeply mourns the tragic loss of our alumnus Mr.
“The body will be sent to the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences in Ranchi for postmortem. A case of unnatural death will be registered based on statements from the deceased’s family,” Rajwar was quoted as saying by news agency Press Trust of India. “Devpalik Gupta had been leading JSP’s social media team for the last four years. He was extremely talented and bore a simple demeanour. Gupta’s demise is heart-wrenching and an irreparable loss for us. This is an extremely painful moment for the Jan Suraaj family.
We are all aggrieved,” it said.
