MEERUT, Nov. 15 -- A 25-year-old married woman was allegedly found murdered with her throat slit at her home in Guldasta Colony in Dehat Kotwali area of Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district on Saturday evening, police said on Sunday.

Police found her body lying in a pool of blood on a bed. The victim, identified as Mantasha, was alone with her one-and-a-half-year-old daughter when the crime occurred. Her mother, Bhuri, had gone out to purchase household essentials. When she returned, she found Mantasha lying motionless.

Preliminary police investigation suggests a possible love affair as the motive behind the murder. Police suspect that the assailant was known to the victim and have launched a search to trace him.

Investigators found tha...