In separate cases, the bodies of a woman and a man were found in East and Dwarka districts of Delhi on Sunday, police said.
In East Delhi's New Ashok Vihar, the body of a 35-year-old unidentified woman was found with her throat slit along Hindon Canal at around 3 pm.
A passerby spotted the body and informed the police, following which they rushed to the spot, Pankaj Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police (East) said.
The body will be sent for post-mortem after identification, he said, adding that police are checking through missing complaints of women filed at nearby police stations to identify her.
Police suspect that after killing the woman on Saturday night, the assailants might have dumped the body at the canal.
Further investigation is underway, the officer said.
In another incident, the body of a 30-year-old man with knife injuries was found along a drain in Dwarka's Najafgarh area on Sunday morning, police said.
Police found that the man was bleeding from the mouth and carried a wound on the face, a senior police officer said.
The officer said no other injuries were found on the body.
The body was yet to be identified.
The cause of death will be ascertained after the post-mortem, police said, adding that an investigation is underway.
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