Chennai, Mar 17: In a shocking incident, a woman was found hanging in the toilet of a train from Kolkatta which reached the city in the wee hours of today.
According to police, the unidentified body was found in the Howrah-Chennai mail which reached Chennai Central station at 3.20 am on platform 4.
Police said after the train reached the station a passenger informed Railway Protection Force, Constable, K Shanmugam, that a toilet in the general compartment had been locked for three hours. Immediately, the mechanical staff was called and the door was broke open. Police said, a woman aged around 35 was found in hanging from a pipe of the toilet.
Subsequently, a doctor from the Apollo Clinic at the station declared her dead. The body was sent to Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital for post mortem.
Police said they are investigating whether it was a case of suicide or murder.