Couple arrested in the case of headless woman’s body brought to Chennai

CHENNAI: A husband and wife arrested in Assam and Manipur in connection with the murder of a woman whose dismembered, headless body was found in a suitcase aboard the Tamil Nadu Express at Agra railway station were brought to Chennai under heavy police security on Saturday night.

The accused, Manik Uddin Laskar and his wife Bhagabati Majhi, were brought from Guwahati to Chennai by an IndiGo passenger flight at around 9 p.m. after the Tambaram City Police obtained transit warrants from the respective courts where they were produced.

The victim, a 38 year old woman, Hayatun Nisha, was staying with the suspects in Guduvanchery.

The couple were taken from Chennai airport to the Tambaram City Police Commissionerate under tight security for further interrogation.

The woman's dismembered body parts, with the head missing, were found packed in a red suitcase in a rear coach of the Tamil Nadu Express at Agra railway station on August 5.

During the investigation, the Tambaram City Police traced the suspects to Assam and Manipur. The police found that Laskar and Majhi, who had been staying in Guduvanchery near Chennai, were allegedly involved in the murder.