Tamil Nadu Express suitcase reveals dismembered Tamil woman; Odisha couple pursued
Police have identified the torso found in a suitcase on the Tamil Nadu Express as Haidul Nisha from Paramakudi, and are hunting an Odia couple suspected of the murder.
More than two weeks after a torso was uncovered inside an abandoned suitcase on the Tamil Nadu Express at Agra Cantonment, police have positively identified the victim as Haidul Nisha, a resident of Paramakudi, Tamil Nadu. Surveillance footage released by investigators shows a man and a woman, later identified as Manik Uddin Laskar and Bhagmati Majik of Odisha, transporting the suitcase to Chennai Central and boarding the train before alighting at Guduvanchery and departing by autorickshaw.
The suitcase was traced to a locked rental property on Mosque Street in Guduvanchery, where neighbours reported that two women and a man from Odisha had been staying. Mobile phone tracking led authorities to discover the couple had fled back to Odisha, prompting the deployment of three police teams to capture them. The train had left Chennai on August 5 and arrived in Agra on August 6, when passengers reported a foul odor from the red suitcase, prompting railway officials to open it and find the dismembered, headless body. While the suspects have been identified, police have not yet determined a motive or the precise method of the murder.
Why it matters
The case highlights cross-state criminal coordination and raises concerns about passenger safety on Indian railways.
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