The woman, identified as Kaushalya Devi, had checked in with a man -- who is the prime suspect in the case -- at the guest house at around 10.15 AM yesterday, said a police official.
The man left the room at around 2.30 PM and did not return. When the guest house staff went to check on Kaushalya Devi at around 11 PM, they found her lying motionless inside the room and called up police, the official added.
A police team then went to the guest house and took the woman to a hospital, where she was declared brought dead.
It prima facie appears that the woman was strangled to death, said the official, adding that a case of murder has been registered and a search launched for the accused.
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The accused was identified with the help of CCTV grabs obtained from the guest house and turned out to be a person known to the deceased woman's family.
"Police are raiding potential whereabouts of the accused and a separate team has been sent to his native village in UP," said DCP (Central), Parmaditya.