GURUGRAM: A 50-year-old woman was found dead at a plot in the DLF Phase 3 area here on Thursday morning, with police suspecting rape before murder.
Police said the woman belonged to Odisha and the body was found in a half-naked condition around 9am near a vegetable market of Nathupur village.
The body has been kept in a mortuary and a post-mortem will be conducted on Friday.
According to police, it seems the woman was strangled to death.
A relative of the woman said she had come to her sister's house a few months ago and was mentally disturbed after her sister died.
An FIR has been registered under Section 302 (murder) of the IPC.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault.)