UP: Highly decomposed body of man travels 900km in train toilet

A highly decomposed body of an unidentified man was recovered from a locked toilet of the Amritsar-bound Janseva Express at Roza station in Shahjahanpur district.

The body had already travelled undetected for about 900km from Bihar's Banmankhi junction, when some passengers of the general train compartment started complaining of foul smell coming from the washroom, as reported by TOI.

Sub-inspector Karunesh Chandra Shukla of the government railway police (GRP) with other rail staff broke open the washroom door on Sunday and found the bloated body. The train left for Amritsar after a five-hour halt.


"The man was wearing a green shirt and a pair of blue trousers. We didn't find any ID card on him. Information has been shared with other GRP stations. The door was locked from inside and it seems there was no foul play. Autopsy report suggests that the man may have died before the train started from Banmankhi. Staff who had washed the train there should have been more alert," SI Shukla told TOI on Monday.

Dr Sanjay Rai of the railway hospital said that the body was at least three days old and had started to decompose. "The man died after he slipped into a possible coma and there were no physical injuries found on him," Rai added.

One of the passengers told GRP that the toilet was locked ever since the train started on Saturday. Complaints of foul smell were raised at Sitapur railway station, too, but the staff there informed their counterpart in Roza where the door were finally broken by GRP.