Muzaffarnagar (UP), Jul 6 (PTI) A 27-year-old newlywed woman was found dead with her throat slit in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district on Monday just over a week after her marriage, police said.

The woman, who had got married on June 28 and came to her parents' house at a village in Khatauli area, was missing since Sunday night, Circle Officer Ashish Pratap said.

Also Read | Active COVID-19 Cases in Ladakh Drop to 168 After 10 Patients Recover: Live News Breaking & Coronavirus Updates on July 6, 2020.

Her body with the throat slit was found in the fields near her house and it has been sent for post-mortem, the officer said, adding that an investigation was on. PTI

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)