LUCKNOW, May 24 -- A 24-year-old nurse was found dead in the bathroom of a hotel room in Shahjahanpur district on Thursday evening, senior police officials said on Friday.

Meanwhile her family alleged that she was raped and then strangled.

Police said the prime suspect is the boyfriend of the nurse, who booked the hotel room along with her, and had left the hotel informing the hotel staff to return with food.

Shahjahanpur superintendent of police (SP), Ashok Kumar Meena, said the deceased was identified as Nancy Singh, a resident of Ganesh Ganj locality, under the Pooranpur police station limits of Pilibhit. She had been working here in a private hospital as nurse for the past six months.

"As per identity proof submitted with the hote...