Jan Suraaj Leader’s Digital Manager Found Dead: Devpalik Gupta, a 31-year-old Digital Communications Manager with Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party, was found dead near railway tracks in Jharkhand on Tuesday after going missing while on a train journey from Ranchi to Patna.
Gupta’s body was found near Jarwadih village on the Ranchi-Muri railway line. Police have started an investigation into what exactly led to Gupta’s death. Initial reports say that he might have fallen off the train accidentally.
It is reported that Gupta boarded the Janshatabdi Express from Ranchi to Patna along with his friends and colleagues on Monday, October 26. The train left from Ranchi Station at around 2.25 pm.
However, after ten minutes into the journey, Gupta said that he was heading to the pantry car for some food. He never returned.
“We went to the pantry car and other compartments but we couldn’t find him,” said his colleague Gautam Kumar.
His friends reported him missing to the Government Railway Police (GRP) when the train arrived at Muri Junction. Railway staff and police were involved with searching for Gupta. It was also later reported that his phone had been turned off.
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Gupta’s body was found near railway tracks in Jarwadih village near pole number 379/18 on the Ranchi-Muri line on Tuesday afternoon, it was reported by the local police.
“Initial reports state that he could have died after falling off the moving train accidentally,” Angara police station officer in charge Gautam Kumar Rajwar said.
The body would be sent to the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Ranchi for a post-mortem. Police said that the investigation would help determine what happened.
Gupta was a part of Jan Suraaj Party, a party set up by political strategist Prashant Kishor. He worked as a Digital Communications Manager.
Gupta was originally from Kushinagar district in Uttar Pradesh and graduated from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) in New Delhi. He was part of the journalism batch in 2018-19.
His death has also been responded to by the IIMC Alumni Association who said that they were saddened by the loss and requested a full investigation into the circumstances. They have requested that the results be made public.
Police are investigating what happened after Gupta reportedly left his seat on the train. The investigation will include how he went missing, where his body was found and the results of the post-mortem. Initial reports from police say that he may have fallen off the train accidentally. However, the actual cause of death has not been confirmed.
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