India, June 14 -- Police on Friday recovered a decomposing and partially naked body of a woman, suspected to be murdered after being raped, from an empty plot in Sector 83 of Gurugram, officers said on Saturday.

Deputy commissioner of police (west) Karan Goel said investigators and forensic experts took stock of the situation after locals informed the control room.

A senior officer, who did not wish to be named, said the woman's identity could not be established due to the body's state of decomposition.

The senior officer said, "The body was semi-clad; it could not be ruled out that she might have been sexually assaulted before being murdered. A scarf was found tightly wrapped around the neck, clearly indicating that she was strangled....