Her name is Pragya Singh. She is 29 years old.
On the night of May 5 2026 she boarded Train 12402, the Nanda Devi AC Superfast Express at Dehradun with her husband. They were returning home after a Kedarnath pilgrimage. Coach B2. Seats 59 and 64.
Somewhere after midnight both of them fell asleep. When her husband woke up, her seat was empty. She was found five days later in Begusarai, Bihar, over 1,000 kilometres away.
But the real question nobody has answered is this.
When her family went to Laksar station to check how she left, most of the CCTV cameras were not working. No footage of her movement exists. Station Superintendent K.R. Meena had no answer.
This is not an isolated equipment failure. It is a pattern.
As of December 2025, the government’s own figures confirm that CCTV cameras have been installed at 1,731 of India’s 7,325 railway stations. That means 76 percent of stations have zero surveillance.
Of 91,948 passenger coaches on the network, cameras exist in only 11,953. That means 87 percent of coaches carrying passengers through the night have no recording at all.
The Ministry of Railways approved a plan to install cameras in all 74,000 coaches in July 2025. As of today it is still at the tender stage.
According to NCRB data for 2024, 173 murders were registered on railway premises in a single year. That is one murder on the Indian railway every two days.
Pragya was travelling in an AC coach on a premium express train. The system still could not tell her husband where she went or how.
India is building bullet trains. India cannot yet account for a woman who vanishes from a moving AC coach at midnight.
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🎯 इंटरव्यू या फ्लर्ट? कोचिंग के बाहर की ये बातचीत सोचने पर मजबूर कर देगी…
कोचिंग सेंटर के बाहर एक लड़का, छात्रा को रोककर सवाल पूछ रहा था…
लड़का: एक मिनट प्लीज… क्या नाम है आपका?
लड़की कान से इयरफोन निकालते हुए:
What? Sorry…
लड़का: आपका नाम?
लड़की: रीनल तिवारी
फिर शुरू हुआ सवालों का सिलसिला
नीट की तैयारी?
कौन सी क्लास?
एडवांस बैच?
कब से?
कहां से?
कैसी चल रही कोचिंग?
सब कुछ एकदम इंटरव्यू जैसा… लेकिन थोड़ा पर्सनल भी।
और फिर आया एक सवाल
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अरे भई जब वो घर ही रहती है तो घर की याद का फालतू सवाल क्यों पूछ रहे ??
यहीं से कहानी बदलती है…
क्योंकि कभी कभी
Concern के नाम पर conversation शुरू होती है…
और धीरे धीरे वो comfort zone क्रॉस करने लगती है....
आपको क्या लगता है
ये सिर्फ नॉर्मल बातचीत थी या बात करने का बहाना??
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Ramjas College congratulates Vaishnavi, History Honours (Batch of 2023), for securing All India Rank 298 in UPSC Civil Services Examination 2025. Her achievement makes the Ramjas community proud and inspires our students. Wishing her great success ahead.
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Must complement Gambhir and the captain on making sure that three players didn't play a single test. In future, we can travel in a smaller group and save money. @BCCI#ind
Ramjas College organised an oath-taking ceremony for student union office bearers which was a memorable and inspiring occasion. The ceremony took place in the college auditorium, which was adorned with decorations reflecting the spirit of leadership and unity.
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