The body of an unidentified woman stuffed inside a gunny bag was found in Rohini area near Haiderpur water treatment plant on Wednesday.
According to a senior police official, information regarding a body of woman in bag was received at KN Katju Marg police station following which a team was sent to the spot.
“On spot team found a gunny bag which was stuck in one of the gate near Haiderpur Water Treatment plant. When the bag was opened, the hands and legs of the woman were tied with a cloth. The deceased is yet to be identified as no documents have been recovered from her,” said the senior police official.
“Body has been preserved for the post mortem and efforts are being made to identify the body. Police suspects that, someone would have killed her and later thrown the body in the canal,” said the senior police official.
“Prima facie it appears that woman was strangled to death. However injury marks were also seen on her neck,” the senior police official added.
Police have informed the neighboring police stations and are even looking in the areas of Sonipat in Haryana and other NCR regions.