‘She never returned’: Civil judge aspirant missing from Narmada Express, 3-day search on | Bhopal News
BHOPAL: A 28-year-old woman preparing for the civil judge exam went missing from the Indore–Bilaspur Narmada Express Thursday, prompting a massive search operation that has now shifted to the Narmada River near Kharraghat.Authorities fear she may have fallen from a bridge between Budhni and Narmadapuram on the night of August 7. The woman, a resident of Katni, had boarded coach B3 in Indore to visit her family for Raksha Bandhan. When the train reached Katni, she was not on board. Her phone was switched off, and a missing person report was lodged with Katni GRP.Railway police said she was last seen by passengers at Bhopal railway station, and her phone’s last location was also traced there. CCTV footage from multiple stations failed to yield any clue.A passenger seated below her berth told police that around 11.30 pm, she climbed down, brushed against his leg, apologised, and walked towards the toilet. She never returned. The family believes this was when the train was passing over the Narmada bridge.On Sunday, the woman’s relatives reached Narmadapuram from Katni as the State Disaster Emergency Response Force (SDERF) began a river search at 11 am. Searches were on till filing of this report.
