LUCKNOW, April 10 -- The body of an unidentified woman with hands tied and bearing multiple injury marks was discovered in an open field along the Madarpur-Puraina road in Lucknow on Thursday morning. The discovery has sparked alarm among residents and triggered a multi-team police investigation into alleged foul play.

Passersby spotted the body around 8 am near Madarpur village under the Kakori police station limits and alerted the authorities.

"The body bore injury marks on the head and multiple bruises," said Kamlesh Dixit, DCP (West), who reached the site with senior police officers. Multiple police teams have been deployed to investigate the case.

Investigators found signs of a struggle at the scene. Blood-stained footprints were ...