Pinki, a native of Lakhimpur in Uttar Pradesh, who lived along with her daughter Madhu in a rented accommodation in Baprola village was missing since yesterday evening, a police officer said.
Madhu claimed her mother had said that she was going to Nangloi for some work. But when she did not return and Madhu was looking for her, the neighbours informed her about the body of a woman was found in a drain, he said.
A case of murder has been registered as the body bore three stab marks, the police officer said, adding an investigation has been initiated.