India, May 23 -- An 18-year-old woman, who worked as a domestic help, allegedly died by suicide at her employer's house in northwest Delhi's Shalimar Bagh on Thursday morning, police said on Friday.

Police added that inquest proceedings have been initiated and it has been found that the woman ended her life after her parents refused to get her married to her friend.

According to the police, the woman left her house around 9am on Thursday and went to her employer's house in Shalimar Bagh, where she works as a caretaker for a one-year-old baby.

Police said that around 11.30 am, a call was received from the house alleging that the house help ended her life.

Akanksha Yadav, DCP (northwest) said, "Information regarding the suicide of a you...