New Delhi: The body of a woman was found under mysterious circumstances inside the bathroom of a luxury hotel in Mayur Vihar area of east Delhi on Thursday, with Delhi Police claiming that an investigation is underway from all angles.
Cops said the woman was working in a beauty parlour in south Delhi and living at a her relative's home in Delhi.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (East) Pankaj Singh on Friday said they are waiting for the post-mortem report to ascertain the cause of death.
Police said that the woman had checked into the hotel on June 6 with a male friend, and her body was found on Thursday.
"Her male friend had gone to meet his father a day before the body was discovered," said the DCP.
Law enforcement officials claimed that the male friend made several phone calls on Thursday. However, all his phone calls went unanswered. He then informed the hotel staff to check on the woman, but the room was found to be locked from the inside.
On seeing the she was not responding to knocking on the door, the door was broken open by hotel staff, only to find her body lying on the bathroom floor with head injuries.
"The hotel staff knocked the door several times, but did not get any answer," said the police officer. A police team reached the hotel around 6 pm on Friday, and later began its probe.