Indore, February 13 A 24-year-old MBA student, who had been missing for the past two days, was found dead at her alleged boyfriend's house in the city on Friday, with police suspecting that she was strangled to death.
While the male friend, her classmate, remains untraceable, her father alleges that the man had attempted to extort money from her by threatening to circulate her private photographs. The male friend is being treated as the prime suspect, according to police.
Dwarkapuri police entered the suspect's locked house after local residents reported a foul smell. They found the woman's naked body inside, Deputy Commissioner of Police Shri Krishna Lalchandani told news agency PTI.
The woman was pursuing a Master of Business Administration course at a city college.
She appeared to have died two days ago due to strangulation, but the exact cause of death will be confirmed after the post-mortem, the DCP said.
Her family members had lodged a missing person's report at Pandharinath police station.
The alleged boyfriend, who lived in a rented accommodation, is being treated as the prime suspect, the DCP said, adding, "We suspect the murder was due to a rift in their romantic relationship."
The woman's father said she left home on February 11, saying that she was going to a birthday party.
"I identified my daughter's body from her socks," he said.
The suspect, who hailed from Mandsaur, had been attempting to extort money from her by using her objectionable photographs, and had even shared them on her college WhatsApp group, the woman's father claimed.