New Delhi, July 7 -- A 28-year-old woman was found dead under mysterious circumstances outside government staff quarters in south Delhi's Lodhi Colony on Saturday evening, police said on Sunday, adding that they have launched a probe, even as her family alleged that she was driven to death by dowry harassment and domestic abuse barely two months after her marriage.

Police said the woman was found critically injured outside the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) residential flats at Palika Kunj and was rushed to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), where doctors declared her dead.

Investigators familiar with the case said they suspect the woman fell from the third floor of one of the buildings housing NDMC employees. Howe...