The highly decomposed body of a 29-year-old woman was found in her rented house in Arnala village on Wednesday. She has been identified as Nirjala Indresh Kumar. Her face and skull were brutally were damaged by assault, the police said.

Kumar’s husband Indresh, who is a mason, and their two daughters were not to be seen. The body was recovered from the ground floor of the property, which is owned by Arnala village Sarpanch Hemlata Balshi, who lives upstairs. The police said they have sent Balshi a notice for not getting her tenants’ details verified.