Archive · 1 Sep 2026
Pregnancy and Marriage Demand Linked to Guduvanchery Murder
Police are investigating the death of Ayuthan Nisha, a woman who lived near Chennai.
They say she was in a relationship with Manick Uddin Laskar.
Police also say Nisha became pregnant and wanted Laskar to marry her.
Laskar’s wife, Bhagapati Majhi, reportedly knew about the relationship.
Investigators say the couple went to Nisha’s home and killed her while she was asleep.
They put her remains in a suitcase and took it onto a train.
The suitcase was later found at Agra railway station.
Police used station camera recordings to identify and arrest the couple.
Police said Manick Uddin Laskar and his wife, Bhagapati Majhi, killed Ayuthan Nisha after she became pregnant and wanted Laskar to marry her.
Nisha, 38, had reportedly been in an intimate relationship with Laskar, 22, while his wife knew about it.
Police said the couple attacked Nisha at her Guduvanchery home on July 3 and cut up her body.
Her remains were found inside a flour-covered suitcase in an unreserved Tamil Nadu Express compartment at Agra railway station on August 5.
CCTV footage from Chennai Central railway station helped police identify and arrest the couple in Manipur.
- Who
- Ayuthan Nisha, Manick Uddin Laskar and Bhagapati Majhi were central to the case; police arrested Laskar and Majhi.
- What
- Nisha was allegedly murdered, and her remains were transported in a suitcase on a train.
- When
- Police said the killing occurred on July 3; the suitcase was found on August 5.
- Where
- The killing allegedly occurred in Guduvanchery near Chennai, and the suitcase was found at Agra railway station after being carried on the Tamil Nadu Express.
- Why
- Police said Nisha became pregnant and wanted Laskar to marry her, leading Laskar and Majhi to decide to kill her.
- Victim
- Ayuthan Nisha, 38, a woman from Odisha who lived in Guduvanchery
- Main accused
- Manick Uddin Laskar, 22
- Other accused
- Bhagapati Majhi, Laskar’s wife
- Reported killing date
- July 3
- Discovery date
- August 5
- Discovery location
- An unreserved compartment of the Tamil Nadu Express at Agra railway station
- Arrest location
- Manipur