Woman's body found in a box in Faridabad

The body of a woman was recovered from a iron box found floating in the Gurgaon canal on Sunday, police said.

The body of a woman was recovered from a iron box found floating in the Gurgaon canal on Sunday, police said.

The deceased is yet to be identified.

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Police said some villagers spotted an iron box floating in the Gurgaon canal and alerted the local police.

The police took out the box and found the body of a 30-year-old woman inside.

"The body bore injury marks on the neck and it seems that the victim had been strangulated to death and dumped in the canal," a police officer said.

The body has been kept in the mortuary of Badshah Khan hospital in Faridabad.