A woman was found dead under mysterious circumstances at her house in R K Puram on Monday. The victim’s family alleged that her husband was harassing her for dowry. The deceased was identified as Sumita, 32. She lived with her husband Vinod Kapadia and six-year-old son Hardik at Sector 1 of R K Puram. On Monday morning, Sumita’s sister Suchitra tried to call her. When she did not get any response, she reached Sumita’s house and found her body on an ice slab and her husband missing. She then informed the police. ‘We received a call around 9.30 am. There were injury marks on the body, which has been sent to AIIMS for post-mortem,’ said a senior police officer.A case of murder under Sections 302 and 498 of IPC has been registered. Suchitra alleged Vinod used to torture Sumita for dowry. On Saturday, Sumita told her sister that she was beaten up by her husband in front of her son. Vinod, on the other hand, claimed that his wife died of poisoning.