PRAYAGRAJ, May 31 -- : A 45-year-old woman was found dead under suspicious circumstances near a bamboo grove in Kaushambi district on Friday night. Police registered a murder case and formed special teams to investigate the incident.

The woman, identified as Manita Devi, was a resident of Khijirpur Kalai alias Imligaon village in the Sarai Akil area. According to police, she left home around 8 pm to take dinner to her husband, Dashrath Lal, who was staying overnight at a cattle shelter about one kilometre away.

When she neither reached the shelter nor returned home, her family became worried and started searching for her. During the search, villagers found her body lying near a bamboo grove along the route to the cattle shelter.

The di...