Woman’s body chopped up, found stuffed inside suitcase lying on Chennai road

A woman’s chopped up body was recovered from a suitcase in Chennai after a local noticed blood dripping from the bag, the police said on Thursday. One man has been detained in the case.
The man who has been detained has been identified as Mani. He lives 100 metres away from the spot where the suitcase was recovered.
The woman whose body was found in the suitcase has been identified as Deepa from Madhavaram.
The incident came to light when a resident of Chennai’s Kumaran Kudil alerted the police around 5.30am about the abandoned suitcase lying in Thoraipakkam area. The police recovered her body and sent it for postmortem.
The police have also recovered the CCTV footage of the area. Further investigation is underway.
In August this year, a 28-year-old woman was strangled by a man inside a hotel room in Chennai’s Triplicane area.
Last year, a 20-year-old nursing student was allegedly killed by her boyfriend at a hotel in Chennai, who then posted a picture of the dead body as his WhatsApp story. The murder came to light after the victim’s friends noticed the WhatsApp status of the accused, identified as Ashiq.
After the friends alerted the police, the officials found her dead in a hotel room where the duo was staying. The accused, identified as Ashiq, was later arrested by the police.