A 22-year-old woman, reported missing from Delhi on December 14th, was found deceased in a Paschim Vihar hotel room. Her boyfriend was later found dead near Gurgaon railway tracks. The couple was last seen together at a Punjabi Bagh restaurant on December 15th. While post-mortem shows no signs of physical assault on the woman, police await viscera reports.
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