ICAI president's daughter, who went missing, found dead on railway tracks

The body of twenty-year-old Pallavi Vikamsey, daughter of the President of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) Nilesh Vikamsey was found on railway tracks in Central Mumbai on Wednesday evening.

The law student had gone missing while returning from a firm in south Mumbai, where she was doing her internship. An official said that she was last seen boarding a local train at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus railway station.

Her family members, who got worried after she didn’t return home, filed a missing complaint with MRA Marg police station. Further, police found a body on the railway tracks between Parel and Curry Road station. Later, Pallavi’s relatives confirmed that it was her body. The body was handed over to them after post-mortem report.

"We found body of a woman on tracks between Parel and Currey road yesterday at around 7.30 pm.

Today, her relatives confirmed her as Pallavi Vikamsey," said DCP Samadhan Pawar, spokesperson of GRP (Central Railway).

"Prima facie it appears that the girl committed suicide," the official said.

No foul play has been noticed in this case, therefore, an accidental death case has been registered at Dadar police station. Further investigation into the matter is underway.

A budding lawyer, Pallavi Vikamsey, 20, has died after falling off a local train at Currey Road station on Wednesday evening. Pallavi is the daughter of Nilesh Vikamsey, the president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). According to social media posts, the family was worried when she did not reach home on Wednesday evening. She was last seen entering a slow train from platform number 5 of CSMT around 6 pm on October 4. She was on her way home from work when the fatal incident occurred.

Social media posts circulating early Thursday said Pallavi has been 'missing' and was last seen 'entering a slow central railway train on platform no. 5 at CSMT station at 6 pm. (sic)'

According to sources, on Wednesday, Pallavi boarded a slow train around 6.05 pm from CSMT to Dombivli. When the train crossed Currey Road station, she is said to have fallen from it, after which a CSMT-bound local ran over her. Sources added that when this incident occurred, a woman travelling in an adjacent compartment called the RPF control room and informed them about the incident.

Relatives confirm

Around 6.30 pm, the Currey Road stationmaster told the Government Railway Police (GRP) officials that the body of a woman cut into two was found on the tracks. Following this, GRP officials reached the spot at 6.40 pm and took the body to KEM hospital, where doctors declared her dead before admission.

Samadhan Pawar, deputy commissioner of police, GRP said, "We got information about the body of a woman on the tracks around 6.30 pm between Currey Road and Parel on Wednesday. So, we registered an accidental death report regarding it at the Dadar GRP police station. Today [Thursday], her relatives confirmed her as Pallavi Vikamsey. We handed her body over to them after the post mortem. Investigation is going on."

Identifying Pallavi

Pallavi's parents had lodged a missing persons complaint at the MRA Marg police station. The same day, GRP registered an ADR at the Dadar GRP station and began efforts to identify her. Sources said that cops told several other police stations about Pallavi going missing, which they later shared to more stations.

On Thursday, around 3 pm, Pallavi's family reached the Dadar GRP station with MRA Marg police officials and identified her body. The post-mortem was conducted soon after, and Pallavi's body was handed over to her family around 5 pm.

No foul play

GRP sources said they have recorded her father and brother's statements, but the kin have not raised any suspicion about Pallavi's death in them. As per the preliminary inquiry, there seems to be no foul play.

Cops will also be recording statements of the motorman of the train and eyewitnesses who were in the local when the accident occurred. They are also scanning CCTVs to understand what happened.

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