India, April 16 -- A 20-year-old woman was shot dead by a man in east Delhi's GTB Enclave on Monday night, police said, adding that preliminary investigation suggests the accused was "known to her".

Deputy commissioner of police (Shahdara) Prashant Gautam said the woman, a resident of the Leprosy Colony in Nand Nagri, was found with two bullet wounds at 10pm on Monday. "A case of murder has been registered and investigations are underway," he said.

The police received a call around 10pm reporting that a woman was lying unresponsive on the roadside. Officers arrived to find her dead with two gunshot wounds. The body was preserved at GTB Hospital for postmortem.

Her identity was confirmed early Tuesday through local intelligence and soci...