A 23-year-old woman's body was found floating in the Najafgarh drain under the jurisdiction of Dwarka district on Wednesday morning.
The deceased, identified as Sonika, used to live in a rented accommodation in Najafgarh's Sangam Vihar area with her husband Pawan Kumar Negi and a six-month -old daughter. Pawan's daughter is also missing since then.
Police said a call was received on Police Control Room (PCR) that a body was floating in the drain. A police team reached the spot and with the help of locals, the body was fished out.
"During investigation it came to light that on Tuesday around 12.05 pm, Pawan, who hails from Garhwal in Uttrakhand, had lodged a missing report about his wife Sonika and daughter at Najafgarh police station," said a police officer.
Pawan had lodged a complain with police on Monday last about his wife who had gone missing. He informed police that he was informed by his landlord that his wife had left for Aganwadi around 11 am with her daughter and had not returned.
Following which he contacted all his relatives both in Delhi and Uttarakhand but could not found her whereabouts," said police official adding further that the couple have been married for three-and-a-half years. Police said that it has been found that Pawan and his wife were not on good terms and they used to fight quite often. Body has been sent for post-mortem examination at Rao Tula Ram Hospital. Police were trying to trace their six-month-old daughter, said the police official.