The body of a woman was found inside a plastic drum at a railway station in Bengaluru on Monday.
This is the second incident of a body being found inside a drum at a Bengaluru railway station this year.
The drum was found near one of the entry gates of the Baiyappanahalli railway station between 10 am and 11 am on Monday. It had been covered with clothes and lidded.
The woman, believed to be around 31 to 35 years of age, is yet to be identified.
During investigation, police found that three men transported the drum by an autorickshaw and dumped it near the entrance of the railway station on Monday. The body was transported in a train from Machlipatnam, they added.
"A team was sent to Machlipatnam but the body could not be identified," said Dr Soumlatha, Superintendent of Police, Railway Police Bengaluru.
Two months ago, the decomposing body of a woman in her late 20s was found in a plastic drum on January 4 by cleaning staff at Yesvantpur railway station.
Featured Video Of The Day
"No Chief Minister Face, No Agenda": Arvind Kejriwal Counters BJP Attack
Is Safe Car Enough? Volvo Crash That Killed CEO, Family Sparks Big Question "You Don't Need To Do That": IPL Great Recalls Jasprit Bumrah's Send-Off To AB de Villiers "Might Be Someone From RCB": CSK Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad Trolls IPL Rivals During Live Event Send Sheikh Hasina Back To Dhaka, Bangladesh Writes To India Software Engineer Loses Rs 11.8 Crore To "Digital Arrest" Scam In Bengaluru "Intention To Dupe UPSC": Ex-IAS Trainee Puja Khedkar Denied Pre-Arrest Bail Ex Supreme Court Judge V Ramasubramanian Appointed Rights Panel Chief Amid Hoax Bomb Calls, Delhi Cops Train Teachers To Deal With Threats Kremlin Rejects Reports Of Bashar Al-Assad's Wife Seeking Divorce Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.