Unable to arrange money for her daughter's wedding, the woman jumped before the Kannur-Thiruvananthapuram Janashatabdi express on Sunday night, even as the train continued its onward journey towards to Thiruvananthapuram railway station with her body part, police said.
The railway authorities launched a search operation for the rest of the body parts of the woman.
They were informed that her other body parts, including her hands, were found on the tracks at Eravipuram rail track at Kollam, police said.