Woman found dead, live-in partner booked

Our Correspondent

Gurugram, November 10

A woman was found dead at her rented accommodation in Ashok Vihar here on Tuesday, the police have said. The deceased has been identified as Naina Sunawar (41), a native of West Bengal.

She was in a live-in relationship with a chow mein seller Bharat, alias Sagar Thapa, a native of Nepal. As he has been missing, the needle of suspicion points towards him. He has been booked for Naina’s murder.

The couple had moved in the rented accommodation in Ashok Vihar a month ago. The house owner, a retired Sub-Inspector, said the couple’s portion on the first floor was locked for the past one week and he assumed that they couple had gone out of station.

On Tuesday morning, when an unbearable stench came from the first floor, he became suspicious and called the police. On breaking open the door, the police found the woman’s body wrapped in a blanket. A cloth was wrapped around her neck. The police said she was strangled.

On the house owner’s complaint, a case was registered against Bharat under Sections 302 (murder) and 201 (hiding the evidence) of the IPC at the Sector 5 police station.