PK’s digital manager goes missing from train, body found:Travelling from Ranchi to Patna on the Jan Shatabdi

The body of Devpalik Gupta, the missing digital communication manager of the Jan Suraaj Party, has been found. The 31-year-old was a resident of Kushinagar district in Uttar Pradesh. He boarded the Jan Shatabdi Express (12366) on Monday to travel from Ranchi to Patna. He reportedly went missing while the train was approaching Muri Junction. Gupta’s body was found in bushes beside the down line of the Ranchi–Muri railway route near Jarwadih, in the Angara police station area. The Angara police and the Government Railway Police (GRP) are jointly investigating the case. Scratches were found on his head and face. It is suspected that he died after falling from the moving train. Meanwhile, the state president of the Jan Suraaj Sangharsh Vahini (JSV) announced his death in a social media post. Devpalik went missing while travelling from Ranchi to Patna Devpalik’s friend wrote on social media that on 26 October, Devpalik was travelling from Ranchi to Patna on the Jan Shatabdi Express with two companions. His seat was number 50 in coach C-2. At around 3 pm, before Muri station, he went to the pantry to order food and then suddenly disappeared. When his two companions did not see him for a long time, they called him, but his phone was switched off. However, no clear information has emerged so far about how or under what circumstances he went missing from the train. According to his friend, the train continued its journey and reached Bokaro at around 4.30 pm. A complaint was lodged through Rail Madad, but no help was provided there. His companion said the matter remained stuck between the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and the Government Railway Police (GRP). When they approached the Bokaro GRP, they were told that the incident had occurred in Muri and that they should go there to file a complaint. The two companions then reached Muri, where they were told that the case would be registered in Ranchi. The incident took place at around 3 pm, but the FIR was registered only six hours later, at 9 pm. His companions allege that the police said they would conduct a search at night, but no search was carried out to find Devpalik Gupta. Devpalik was the digital communication manager at Jan Suraaj Party Devpalik Gupta was associated with Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party, where he was responsible for digital communication. He studied at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) in Delhi. Devpalik Gupta had worked extensively during the Bankipur Assembly by-election. Appeal for help on social media After Devpalik went missing, the Jan Suraaj Party had lodged an FIR. National spokesperson Kumar Saurabh Singh posted on social media platform X, appealing to Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, the Ranchi Deputy Commissioner and police officials to intervene in the matter immediately. The post also tagged Jharkhand Police and the Ranchi district administration.