Body of unidentified woman found in Faridabad

The body of an unidentified woman was found near a tube-well in a field in Gauthra Mohabattabad village, police said today.

The body was discovered yesterday by one Vinod Kumar when he had gone to fill his water tanker at the tube-well, Sub Inspector Aniruddh said.

Kumar claimed that the woman seemed to be about 24-years- old and was strangulated to death with a scarf.

A case has been registered at sector-55 in Faridabad under IPC sections 302 (murder) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence), and the body has been sent for post-mortem to PGI, Chandigarh,

The SI said the investigation is underway and efforts are being made to identify the body.