Woman found dead with hands, legs tied in South Delhi, rape suspected

New Delhi: The body of a 30-year-old woman was recovered on Saturday morning from a DDA nursery in south Delhi's Vasant Kunj area in New Delhi with the police suspecting that she was killed after being gang raped.

The incident came to light at around 8:20 am when a security guard informed the police about the body.

"The body of the woman was found in the bushes of the nursery with her hands and legs tied while her clothes were in a dishevelled condition," said a police official.

The woman had left from home yesterday morning around 9:30 am for work. However, when she did not return till late evening her family members launched a search and also informed the police.

"Prima facie it seems that she was killed after being gang raped but the exact cause of death and whether she was sexually assaulted or not will be clear only after postmortem," he added.

A case has been registered and further investigations are on, police said.