New Delhi, March 12 A 23-year-old woman was found dead under suspicious circumstances near a hotel in Old Delhi, police said on Thursday.
The deceased lived with her parents, grandmother, and younger sister in Maujpur area of northeast Delhi and worked at a private company in Chandni Chowk, they said.
According to family members, the woman left home around 11 am on Wednesday for work as usual. She typically returned home around 9 pm, but when she did not arrive even late into the night and repeated calls to her mobile phone went unanswered, the family grew concerned and contacted her employer.
When her whereabouts could not be ascertained, the family, along with the company owner, lodged a missing person complaint at Jafrabad police station, an official said.
According to the family, late at night, they received a call from an officer from Lahori Gate police station asking them to come to the station.
Subsequently, around 5 am on Thursday, the family was informed that the woman had been found dead near a hotel in the Lahori Gate area, police said.
The exact circumstances leading to her death are yet to be ascertained. Police said the body has been sent for post-mortem and all possible angles are being taken into account in course of the investigation.