3 held, police crack case of woman’s body found in drum at Bengaluru railway station

Sowmyalatha said that Tamanna, who was from Bihar, was married to a person named Afroz. After a while, they separated. She then developed a relationship with Intiqab, who was Afroz’s relative. In June last year, Tamanna came to Bengaluru and married Intiqab.

“Intiqab’s family was angry that their reputation had been ruined because of Tamanna. On Sunday, Nawab invited Intiqab and Tamanna to his house to talk about the issue in Bihar because of their marriage. It was Intiqab’s first marriage,” SP Sowmyalatha said.

According to the police, Intiqab went to Nawab’s house in Kalasipalya where they argued. Nawab allegedly asked Intiqab to return to Bihar and told him that he would send Tamanna back so that the issue could be resolved. Trusting his brother, Intiqab returned home, the police said.

Nawab and the other accused allegedly strangulated Tamanna and then dumped her body inside a plastic drum, the police said. On Sunday, around 11.45 pm, the accused arrived at Sir M Visvesvaraya terminal in an auto-rickshaw, placed the plastic drum near the sliding door and left, the police added. The drum was noticed the next day by Railway Police Force (RPF) personnel.

Apart from the CCTV footage, what helped the police was an address written on the plastic drum. “Usually, labourers travelling from north India in trains use plastic drums to keep their luggage and some of them write their names and address on it. Jamal’s address was written on this drum which helped us crack the case at the earliest,” Sowmyalatha said.

Jamal is one of the absconding accused in the case. Masar, Asab and Sabul are the other accused, the SP said, adding that several teams have been formed to nab the accused and teams have been sent to other states as well.

SP Sowmyalatha also said that this murder was not related to incidents reported in January and December. “We have made a little progress in those cases as well but it has no links with this killing. We are yet to know why the accused used plastic drums to dispose of the body and Nawab is the prime accused in the case,” she said.

On January 4, the decomposed body of a woman aged around 20 was found in a drum abandoned at the end of Platform No. 1 at Yeshwanthpur railway station in Bengaluru. In December last year, the body of a woman was found in a yellow sack in one of the unreserved coaches of a Bangarapet-Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminal train. It was found dumped with other luggage. The police are yet to identify the victims or solve these cases.