Woman’s decomposed body found in Delhi

The body of a woman in her late 20s was found in a highly decomposed condition at her rented accommodation in south Delhi’s Kishangarh area on Saturday morning, a police officer said.

He said the police received a PCR call around 10.23 am regarding a foul smell emanating from a room on the second floor of a house in Kishangarh village.

After getting information, a team inspected the spot. They identified the deceased as Nisha, a citizen of Nepal, aged 25-30 years.

“The body is in a highly decomposed condition. We have formed teams to ascertain the exact cause of her death. The police inspected the spot and took photographs,” a senior police officer said. He said Nisha had been living here for the past seven months.

The police said the body had been kept in the mortuary at Safdarjung Hospital and relatives of the woman in Nepal had been informed.

Inquest proceedings under Section 194 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita had been initiated, he said. — PTI