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

The investigation into the mysterious death of a woman, identified as Hayathun Nisha, began in August when passengers on the Tamil Nadu Express noticed a foul smell emanating from an abandoned suitcase in a railway compartment in Agra. The suitcase contained the dismembered and decomposing remains of a woman. The Tamil Nadu Express had traveled hundreds of kilometers before the suitcase was discovered.

Authorities began by examining CCTV recordings from Chennai Central, scrutinizing over 350 images, which revealed the man and woman carrying the suitcase. The pair left the train at Park station and walked towards Guduvanchery, where they boarded a suburban EMU and an autorickshaw, effectively tracing their movements backwards. Police eventually discovered additional human remains in a cooking vessel at a rented house near Mosque Street in Guduvanchery, belonging to Nisha.

The investigation led to the arrest of a young couple, Manik Uddin Laskar and Bhagabati Majhi, in Manipur's Jiribam district. During their interrogation, Laskar confessed to killing Nisha after their relationship deteriorated due to her demand for marriage.