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Tamil Nadu Express Trolley Bag Murder: Guduvanchery Police Arrest Accused in Manipur

Police traced the suspect through CCTV footage and recovered body parts from a cooking vessel, while a second accused remains absconding.

  • On Saturday, Tambaram City Police arrested M. Manik Uddin Laskar, 22, in Manipur in connection with the murder of 38-year-old Hayathun Nisha, whose decomposed remains were found in a trolley bag aboard the Chennai-New Delhi Tamil Nadu Express at Agra earlier this month.
  • Railway officials discovered Nisha's decomposed remains with the head missing inside a red trolley bag in the rear general compartment of the Tamil Nadu Express at Agra railway station around 5 a.m. on August 5, prompting the Agra Railway Police to register a case.
  • CCTV footage from Chennai Central showed the couple boarding the Tamil Nadu Express around 10 p.m. on August 3; investigators traced their movements to a rented house on Masuthi Street in Guduvanchery where they had been staying with another woman.
  • Police recovered additional body parts believed to be Nisha's from a cooking vessel at the Guduvanchery residence last week; Bhagabati Majhi, the suspected accomplice, remains absconding from the investigation.
  • Tambaram City Police Commissioner Prem Anand Sinha formed a special team to monitor the investigation as officers prepare to transport Laskar to Tambaram for questioning following issuance of a transit warrant; the exact motive will be established after interrogation.
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A train from Chennai to Agra on August 5th left. Passengers noticed a foul smell coming from a red suitcase in an unreserved compartment of the train. When the railway police opened the suitcase, they found the body of a woman with her head cut into several pieces. The deceased has been identified as Hayatun Nisha (38) from Odisha. Following this, the police examined the CCTV footage recorded at the Chennai Central railway station and identifie…

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The New Indian Express broke the news in Chennai, India on Saturday, August 29, 2026.
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