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Missing Woman Found Dead Inside Locked Room at Mylapore MRTS Station
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News18•14-10-2026, 10:45
Missing Woman Found Dead Inside Locked Room at Mylapore MRTS Station
- •The decomposed body of 55-year-old Vijaya V was discovered inside a locked storage room at the Mylapore MRTS railway station four days after she went missing.
- •Vijaya had travelled from Pallikaranai with her daughter on October 8 and got off at the Mylapore station in search of a restroom.
- •Investigators believe she accidentally stepped through unguarded infrastructural openings, plunging from the upper level to the ground floor storage room.
- •The tragic incident went unnoticed for days until commuters reported a strong foul odor, leading railway staff and police to the locked room.
- •An autopsy at the government hospital in Royapettah ruled out foul play, and railway police have registered a case of unnatural death.
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The decomposed body of 55-year-old Vijaya V was discovered inside a locked room on the ground floor four days after she went missing.
Commuters noticed a strong foul odour four days after the incident and alerted railway staff, who then notified the railway police.
Following a preliminary autopsy at the government hospital at Royapettah, authorities ruled out any foul play and registered a case of unnatural death.
