GHAZIABAD: The body of a 21-year-old woman was found on Sunday with a dupatta tied around her neck in a rented house in Khoda Colony where she was living with her boyfriend for the past eight months. A murder case has been registered against the boyfriend, Shyam Manohar, who is missing.The body was identified as that of Akansha Singh, who was from Bulandshahr . Police said both Akansha and Shyam, a resident of Hardoi, worked in a private company in Noida and had identified themselves as husband and wife while taking the house on rent in Khoda.Pradeep Tripathi, SHO, Khoda police station, said neighbours alerted cops about the alleged murder around 8.30am. “When we reached the spot, the door of the house was found ajar and the body was lying on the floor,” Tripathi said. “Preliminary probe points to murder. We found a red dupatta wrapped tightly around the woman’s neck. The accused might have strangled her to death,” he added.The woman’s uncle, Anil Chauhan, said Akansha had come to Noida looking for a job in 2016 after completing her studies in Bulandshahr. “Her father Jasvir Singh, too, has been working in the city for the past 10 years. No one in the family knows about the man who was apparently living with her,” he said.The police officer also said that after taking up the job in Noida, Akansha lived with her father in Khoda Colony for a few months. Akansha’s father is currently in Bulandshahr, where his elder daughter expired on December 28. “The body has been handed over to her relatives and police are waiting for the autopsy report. We are looking for the accused,” Tripathi said.“On the basis of a complaint by her family, we have lodged an FIR against the youth under Section 302 (murder) of the IPC,” the SHO said.

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