Woman's Body Found in Drum Dumped at Bengaluru Railway Station, Third Such Incident in as Many Months

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Bengaluru: According to police, a woman's body was discovered inside a drum that had been dumped close to the main gate of Bengaluru's Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminal (SMVT) railway station. According to Karnataka's SK Sowmyalatha, Superintendent of Police (Railways), the deceased woman was between the ages of 32 and 35. She has not yet been given a name. A murder investigation has been launched. The event comes after two comparable occurrences that have been reported in Bengaluru since late last year.

Murder Investigation started After Grisly Discovery at SMVT Terminal

The body of an unnamed woman was discovered in a yellow bag on a coach of a passenger train at SMVT station during the second week of December. After a passenger complained about a bad stench coming from the gunny sack, which was thrown with other luggage, the highly decomposed corpses were found.

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Local Residents Demand Answers from Police and Railway Officials

On January 4, railway authorities at the Yeshwanthpur train station discovered a young woman's rotting body inside a blue plastic drum left behind. According to the police, the body was abandoned at the train station after being purchased from Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh. Although they are looking into the situation, the police would not confirm whether the three incidents were connected.

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