Overview
- The dismembered, headless remains of a woman were discovered inside a red trolley aboard the Chennai–New Delhi Tamil Nadu Express at Agra after passengers reported a foul smell on August 5.
- Forensic and DNA analysis identified the victim as 38-year-old Hayathun Nisha, a Guduvanchery resident who worked in Chennai, after investigators recovered body parts from the train and a Chennai suburb house.
- Extensive CCTV review traced a man and a woman carrying the red trolley at Chennai Central to a rented house in Guduvanchery where police later recovered additional remains, some stored in a large cooking vessel.
- After a roughly 24-day pan-India search, Tamil Nadu and Manipur police arrested Manik Uddin Laskar and his wife Bhagabati Majhi in Kashimpur/Jiribam and are bringing them to Chennai on transit warrants for questioning.
- Investigators have not yet recovered the victim’s head and say motive will be determined only after suspect interrogation and continued forensic work, while the case highlights coordinated use of CCTV and DNA across agencies.