A headless body of a woman was found from a toilet of a Puri-bound passenger train here this morning, a Railway Protection Force officer said.
Hours later, local people spotted a severed head on the rail line near Gandhi level crossing at Delang area of the district, he said.
"A passenger reportedly spotted the torso lying in a pool of blood around 6:30 am when the Gunupur-Puri train reached platform number-8 at Puri railway station. He immediately informed us," said Gagan Das, Inspector, Railway Protection Force (RPF).
It is yet to be seen if the severed head matches with the torso, Das told reporters.
A team of Government Railway Police (GRP), along with a forensic scientists, has recovered the body from the train.
"The identity of the woman is not yet known, the police and passengers suspect it to be a case of murder. She might have been killed in the train and her body dumped at the toilet," Das added.
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