Agra to Chennai to Manipur: Mystery of body in suitcase in train takes police on 2,000-km trail

A body found in a suitcase on a train in Agra sparked a massive investigation that spanned 2,000 kilometers. The victim, identified as 38-year-old Hayathun Nisha from Odisha, was discovered with her headless and dismembered body. The man suspected of the crime, Manik Uddin Laskar, and his wife Bhagabati Majhi were eventually arrested in Manipur.

The investigation began on August 5 when passengers on the Tamil Nadu Express noticed an abandoned red suitcase with a foul smell in a general compartment. After the body was found, investigators turned to the journey the suitcase had made, examining over 350 CCTV recordings from Chennai Central and surrounding areas. The recordings revealed the couple carrying the suitcase onto the train and walking away from it before boarding a suburban train and an autorickshaw.

Police eventually traced the pair to a rented house in Guduvanchery, where they found additional human remains believed to belong to Nisha. Laskar and Majhi were arrested based on their statements and the evidence gathered, with tensions between the couple allegedly leading to Nisha's death.