Prime accused Nawaz, along with four others, are on the run, said the Baiyappanahalli railway police, who are pursuing them.
The Railway police have arrested three persons and are on the lookout for five others said to be involved in the murder of a 27-year-old woman whose body was found stuffed inside a plastic drum at the Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminal (SMVT) in Baiyappanahalli in East Bengaluru on the evening of Monday, 13 March.
Soon after the decomposed body was found by the Railway Police Force (RPF) personnel, the dog squad and Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) experts rushed to the spot, cordoned off the area, and conducted their investigation.