A 29-year-old woman, an employee of a car showroom in Hampankatta, was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Yekkur near Bajpe on Friday evening.
According to the Bajpe police, Usha Shetty (29), a resident of Veeranagar, worked as a clerk in a Maruti showroom at Hampankatta.
On Thursday afternoon she left her workplace saying that she was visiting a temple.
As she did not return home, her husband and other family members started searching for her.
On Friday evening, passers-by found the body of a woman with burns in a drain.
The police and Ms. Shetty’s family members went to the spot and identified her.
