New Delhi, April 2 Police have filed a murder case in connection with the death of a woman whose family was attempting to bury her body in West Delhi's Hari Nagar before law enforcement intervened.
The Delhi Police stopped the burial process and took the woman's body into custody on Wednesday.
According to police, they received a call at the Hari Nagar Police Station around 2 pm on Wednesday, and a team was dispatched to investigate the allegation.
The caller alleged that the woman was in a relationship with his cousin, they said.
"Upon reaching the scene, it was found that the body of a young woman was being taken for burial," police said.
The team intercepted the procession and secured the body, an officer said.
At the scene, the police spoke to the caller, who stated that his cousin, a friend of the deceased, had informed him about suspected foul play.
The post-mortem examination at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital revealed suffocation as the cause of death.
Consequently, a murder case was registered at the Hari Nagar Police Station.
"We are investigating all angles, including the possibility of foul play," the officer said.
According to the police, the woman's family disapproved of her relationship with the man, a relative, which led to her death.
"The woman's family members saw her with the man and took her home. We learned that she was beaten up and even locked inside the house for several days," a source said.