India, Dec. 1 -- The father of a 28-year-old police constable, who had allegedly died by suicide in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh, reportedly claimed that she was likely strangled, police said on Monday.

The female constable was posted at the Roraawar police station and was living in a rented house in the Bannadevi area, news agency PTI reported. She was found dead in her room on Saturday.

The constable's father, a farmer from Agra's Baiman village, claimed that she was likely strangled after her last rites on Sunday.

"She was not the type to take her own life," he said, claiming that his daughter was first strangled and then hanged.

However, police said that the deceased's father has not filed any written complaint so far.

On Saturday, a ...