Rajkot, June 26 -- The body of 23-year-old Nandani Bosamiya, who had earlier contested the Jetpur-Navagadh Municipal Corporation election on an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ticket, was found hanging in a flat near Gondal Chowkdi in Rajkot, police said.

According to preliminary police findings, the flat's door was locked from the inside when the ambulance team arrived at the scene. The case appears to be one of suicide. However, the family of the deceased made serious allegations against her live-in partner and alleged that she was murdered by her live-in partner, Aslam Hussain, who they claim staged the incident to look like a suicide.

The matter has also drawn the attention of the State Women's Commission, which has sought a report from the p...