Hyderabad, July 4 -- A 26-year-old woman was found dead under suspicious circumstances in a hotel room in Hyderabad's Langar Houz area in the early hours of Friday, hours after checking in with her 34-year-old lover, police said.

According to Langar Houz sub-inspector Syed Munwar Ali, the preliminary investigation suggests that the woman died by suicide by hanging while she was on a video call with a friend at around 12.24 am.

"She was alone in the hotel room as her lover had gone out a few minutes before her death. The exact reason behind the woman's death is yet to be ascertained," the officer said.

Police said the woman, a resident of Bolarum, had checked into the hotel with her lover in the early hours of Thursday. She worked as a ...