Bengaluru, May 22 -- The mutilated body of an unidentified 18-year-old woman was found stuffed inside a blue suitcase near the old Chandapura railway bridge on Wednesday, police said.

The suitcase, which appeared to have been discarded recently, was first spotted by locals at around 10am, who alerted the police upon noticing the suspicious item lying abandoned near the tracks. Officers from Bengaluru Rural district rushed to the spot and launched an investigation.

Preliminary findings indicate that the woman may have been murdered elsewhere, with police suspecting that the suitcase was thrown off a moving train. Investigators believe the killer might have used the rail route to dispose of the body, hoping to avoid detection.

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