India, April 7 -- Uttarakhand's Chamoli police has dispatched a team to Bengaluru to collect information about a 40-year-old woman found dead in a burnt car in the district on Sunday morning.

Police said the burnt remains of the woman were found in the car in what is suspected to have been an attempt to destroy evidence after killing the woman. A bottle of poison was also found near the car.

The deceased has been identified as Shweta Senapati, a resident of Bengaluru. She had been staying at the homestay with another person, Santosh Kumar Senapati, 45, who she had introduced as her brother.

Chamoli superintendent of police (SP) Sarvesh Panwar said the police were yet to confirm their relationship and were looking for the man who is mis...