GHAZIABAD: A 55-year-old woman was found dead just 300m away from her workplace in Tronica City on Friday. She had multiple injuries on her face and other parts of her body, police said, adding she worked in a thread manufacturing factory in Tronica city.
The woman's husband said his wife's workplace is just 800 metres from their house. She usually left around 9am and returned by 6pm daily.
"On Thursday too, she left at 9am, and our son also went out with his friends. When he returned around 9pm and did not find my wife at home, he alerted us. She did not use a phone. I also returned from work in Delhi late at night and we started looking for her. When we did not find her, we informed the police," he said.
Around 7.30am on Friday, a local spotted her body and informed her family. "We called the police. Someone had brutally killed her. I have filed a complaint," her husband said.
The DCP and the ACP reached the spot with a forensic team and a dog squad to investigate the matter. A senior cop involved in the investigation said a bag with some money and two water bottles were found with the woman.
DCP (rural) SN Tiwari told TOI, "The cause of death will be determined after we receive the autopsy results. An FIR has been registered."