Faridabad, February 24 The body of a 22-year-old woman was found hanging in a rented accommodation in Sant Nagar Colony here, with police suspecting she died by suicide, officials said on Tuesday.
No suicide note was recovered from the scene, and an investigation is underway to determine the circumstances surrounding the incident, said Sub-Inspector Rajesh Kumar, the investigating officer.
After receiving information, police arrived at the scene, broke down the door, and retrieved the woman's body from the noose attached to the ceiling fan, they said.
The body was taken into custody and handed over to the deceased's family after a post-mortem examination on Tuesday, they added.
According to the police, the deceased was identified as Shivani, originally from Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh. She lived with her father in the rented house in Sant Nagar Colony, under the jurisdiction of the Sector 17 police station, and worked for a private company in the Ajronda area, leaving for work around 9:00 am and returning around 6:00 pm.
Her father also worked for a private company and left home around 6:30 am.
On Monday, Shivani did not go to work and was home alone.
Vijay, a neighbor who lived in the adjacent room in the same house, said that around 6:00 pm, he received a call from someone in the colony informing him that the resident in the next room had hanged herself.
When he arrived home from work, he found police at the scene, attempting to break down the door, he said.