India, Nov. 17 -- A body of an unidentified middle-aged woman with deep cuts on her face and head was found in shrubs near Adarsh Nagar railway station in northwest Delhi on Sunday morning, police said, adding that she was murdered and her body was dumped in the wooded area to hide the crime.

A case of murder was registered at the Mahendra Park police station and multiple teams were formed to identify the deceased and apprehend the killers, the police said.

DCP (northwest) Bhisham Singh said, the information was received from an assistant sub-inspector of Government Railway Police (GRP) staff at the Sabzi Mandi area, about a body lying near the railway tracks with torn clothes and visible injury marks.

"A team from the Mahendra Park po...