Couple arrested in Manipur for murder of woman found dismembered in Delhi-bound train: TN Police
Through forensic examination and DNA analysis, the body was identified as that of 38-year-old Hayathun Nisha, a native of Odisha
The Tamil Nadu Police arrested 22-year-old M Manik Uddin Laskar and his 21-year-old wife Bhagabati Maji, also known as Ayesha Begum, from Manipur's Jiribam district on Saturday. The couple was accused of murdering a woman whose dismembered body was found in a red trolley suitcase aboard a Delhi-bound train. According to police, the two were believed to be hiding in the Jiribam area.
On August 5, passengers on a Tamil Nadu Express train noticed a foul smell coming from the suitcase during the Agra stop. Railway police were alerted, and the suitcase was opened at Puratchi Thalaivar Dr MG Ramachandran Central Railway Station (Chennai Central Railway Station), where the headless and dismembered body of a 38-year-old woman from Odisha was discovered.
The investigation led to the couple's arrest after monitoring over 350 surveillance videos identified them carrying the suitcase at Chennai Central Railway Station. The woman's son had filed a complaint with the Guduvancherry police, who found additional body parts at a rented house on Mosque Street in Guduvancherry after a raid on August 23.
Forensic examination confirmed the victim as Hayathun Nisha, and the couple had reportedly known her for several years. Manik Uddin Laskar is from Assam's Cachar district, while his wife is from Odisha's Kendujhar district. They will be produced before a magistrate in Manipur and transferred to Chennai for further investigation.
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