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Mystery shrouds the mutilated body parts found in a black suitcase, a gunny bag and another bag on the Hirakud Express at the Vizag railway station in the early hours of March 26. But while ambiguity over the situation continues to mount, the police are as clueless over the find as they were over a similar case where body parts were found in abandoned bags between platforms 5 and 6 at the railway station in July last year.

On March 26, the police received information about body parts of an unidentified person packed in a suitcase, a gunny bag and a gift bag on the Hirakund Express upon arriving at the Vizag station. A cleaner found the black suitcase which was left unattended in the coach number S7, while two other bags were found in S8.

The only piece of information the police could derive from the evidence was that the body belonged to a male, and the saree in which the body parts were wrapped is suspected to be carrying Odisha designs. “We informed Odisha police about the mutilated body to inquire about any missing persons’ complaints there. The clues are being analysed to identify the victim,” said M Parthasaradhi, CI of government railway police at the Visakhapatnam railway station.

Notwithstanding the claims of the GRP personnel, the case seems to be heading towards a similar fate as that of the previous incident, in which there has been little progress since eight months, and the identity of the victim not found till date. But the GRP personnel maintain that efforts are being made to obtain clues with the help of the body parts and a modus operandi launched to identify the victim and nab the culprits.