A body of an unidentified woman was recovered from Dwarka North area of south west Delhi on Saturday.
The Police Control Room received a call regarding the body that was lying abandoned in an isolated place around 4 pm, said a police official.
“A team of police reached to the spot. Her body has been preserved at the hospital mortuary for postmortem,” he said.
Police said that there were several marks of scratches all over her body. Her clothes were torn and hands were tied.
“So far investigations have revealed that prima facie, she was strangled to death. Several injury marks pointed that she fought with the accused. The postmortem report of the deceased is awaited. The surrounding area around the spot was searched but no card or paper found to get details on her identity,” said the police.
Police refused to reveal more information and said that the case is being probed and it will be too early to say whether it was a case of raped.