A policewoman, who was pregnant, was today found dead under "mysterious circumstances" at her residence along the National Highway 3 here, police said today.
Paramjeet Kaur, who was posted at the Accounts branch in Police Commissioner's office, got married to a colleague Manjeet Singh nine months ago, a police spokesperson said.
Poonam, the victim's landlady, told police that last night Manjeet came to their house and said Paramjeet was in bathroom and was not responding to his calls.
After which they broke open the bathroom door and found her lying unconcious. She was rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors declared her brought dead.
On receiving information, police reached the spot and sent the body for postmortem.
ACP Devendra Kumar said they informed the victim's family and on the basis of a complaint by them, registered an FIR against Manjeet under section 304B (dowry death) of IPC.
A probe is on in the matter.
