The victim's father approached the police…
On Thursday, Police said, a 26-year-old woman’s dead body was found stuffed in an almirah at a house in National Capital’s Dwarka.
The victim’s father suspects her live-in partner's hand behind the crime.
On Wednesday, the victim's father approached the police after he was unable to contact her for a few days.
According to police, a PCR call was received at 10.40 pm on Wednesday wherein a caller said his daughter could have been killed, following which a team from Dabri police station rushed to the said house in Dwarka's Rajapuri area.
"After entering the flat, the body of the woman was found in the almirah of a room.
The crime scene was inspected by the crime team and FSL," said a senior police officer.
The victim's father was present at the spot. He alleged the woman was killed by her live-in partner Vipal Tailor, the police said.
Citing his last call with the woman, the complainant told the police that she had told him that her partner Vipal Tailor used to beat her up and she was afraid she could be murdered, they said.
He also told the police that his daughter had been living in the rented flat with Tailor for the last one and a half months, they added.
The police officer said the body had been transferred to DDU Hospital mortuary for autopsy.
"Efforts are going on to trace the accused.
Vipal Tailor is a native of Surat in Gujarat," the officer said.
"Based on the complainant, a case under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered against the accused," he added.
Police teams are also scanning nearby CCTV cameras in the area.
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