A call was received at 10:24 am that a woman's body was lying near Jamia Powerhouse gate, said a senior police officer.
There were abrasion marks on her neck that suggest she could have been strangulated, he said, adding that the woman was fully clothed and prima facie, it looks that she wasn't sexually assaulted.
"The woman was aged between 20-22 and was 5-ft tall. She was wearing gold chain and a black thread in neck. There were three rings on her fingers," he said.
The body has been shifted to AIIMS mortuary and preserved and a murder case has been registered at New Friends Colony police station.