Grisly discovery of man’s body that travelled 900km undetected in Indian train toilet
- Railway police officers forced the door open when passengers complained of the smell 24 hours after the man had died
- ‘We still don’t know anything about the man, say police in Uttar Pradesh state where the grim discovery was made
Police said on Thursday that they had discovered the dead body of a man that had travelled undetected for 900 kilometres (560 miles) across northern India locked inside a train toilet.
They believe the man boarded the train days before it set off from Bihar state and died inside the lavatory after locking the door.
Railway police officer Ram Sahay said they forced the door open on Sunday after passengers complained of the smell.
The Saharsa-Amritsar Jan Sewa Express had by then travelled for nearly 24 hours from its starting point. The entire journey takes 35 hours.
Indian media said the train was delayed for almost five hours while officers tried to check the dead man’s identity with other travellers before the journey to Amritsar was resumed.
“We still don’t know anything about the man,” said Sahay, who is posted in Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh state where the grisly discovery was made.
