New Delhi, June 8 -- Two individuals, including a woman, have been arrested for allegedly murdering an Assam native whose decapitated body was discovered inside a suitcase at Chennai's Perambur railway station last week, police said on Monday.

Investigators later recovered the victim's severed head and limbs from separate locations across Chennai and neighbouring Chengalpattu district, unravelling a chilling crime that had initially baffled authorities.

The accused were identified as Rhema Khatun, 30, and her associate Asraf Ali, 36, both residents of Assam. The victim, Ameer Ali, 35, was Khatun's second husband.

The case surfaced on 5 June when a passenger noticed an unattended suitcase on Platform 4 of Perambur railway station and al...