LUCKNOW, May 29 -- A 22-year-old woman hailing from Lakhimpur Kheri, who had been missing for the past three days, was found dead under mysterious circumstances in a hotel room near Charbagh in Lucknow early on Thursday, police said.

Police suspect the woman may have died by suicide following a failed love affair. Teams from Kheri police have been formed to trace and question her alleged boyfriend. The woman (now deceased) was a second-year MA Sanskrit student.

Khyati Garg, Kheri SP, said multiple teams have been formed to locate the woman's alleged boyfriend. Call detail records and digital evidence recovered from the mobile phone found on her are also being analysed.

Lucknow police said the woman's body was found hanging inside a hot...