Police identify victim in Tamil Nadu Express suitcase murder case
Authorities identify deceased as Haidul Nisha and track suspects to Odisha
Quick Look
- Police have identified the victim of a dismembered body found in a suitcase on the Tamil Nadu Express as Haidul Nisha.
- Investigators have identified two suspects from Odisha and are currently tracking them after tracing the suitcase to a residence in Guduvanchery.
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Why It Matters
A torso was discovered in a suitcase aboard the Tamil Nadu Express upon its arrival in Agra on August 6. The train had departed from Chennai Central on August 5.
More than 15 days after a torso was found stuffed inside an abandoned suitcase aboard the Tamil Nadu Express when it arrived at Agra Cantonment railway station, police have identified the deceased as Haidul Nisha. She hails from Paramakudi in Tamil Nadu.
While the suspects, a couple from Odisha, have been identified, neither the motive nor the manner of the murder has been ascertained. Police have released CCTV footage of the suspects, Manik Uddin Laskar and Bhagmati Majik of Odisha. Police traced the suitcase to a rented house on Mosque Street, Guduvanchery.
After police found the house locked, they questioned neighbours, who said that two women and a man from Odisha had been staying there. Special teams formed to trace the suspects tracked their mobile phone signals and found that they had fled to Odisha. Three teams have been sent to Odisha to nab the couple.
The train had left Chennai Central for New Delhi on August 5 and reached Agra on August 6. Passengers alerted railway officials after noticing a foul smell from a red suitcase in the general compartment. Agra railway police opened the suitcase and found the headless, dismembered body of a woman.
With the assistance of the Tamil Nadu police, Agra Railway Police examined more than 350 CCTV recordings from Chennai Central and Guduvanchery. The footage showed a man and a woman carrying the suitcase to Chennai Central and boarding the train. They later got down, travelled to Guduvanchery and left the station in an autorickshaw.
Open Questions
- What was the motive for the murder?
- How was the victim killed?
- Where are the suspects currently located in Odisha?
