<p>A 35-year-old woman who had come to the city to attend the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/lifestyle/culture/article/devotees-offer-prayers-at-ram-mandir-in-ayodhya-after-taking-a-dip-at-maha-kumbh-23486270" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"><strong>Maha Kumbh mela</strong></a> was allegedly murdered by a man accompanying her, police said on Wednesday.</p>
<p>Jhunsi SHO Upendra Singh said the woman came to Prayagraj with a man to take part in Maha Kumbh. They rented a room in a house in Azad Nagar area, claiming they were exhausted and needed to rest.</p>
<p>On Wednesday morning, one of the neighbours discovered the woman's body inside a common bathroom, the police said, adding that the suspect had fled after killing the woman.</p>
<p>The woman was murdered by slitting her throat with a sharp-edged weapon, they said.</p>
<p>The identities of both the accused and victim remain unknown, the police said.</p>
<p>"The man who accompanied her is absconding. While renting the room, they mentioned that they had come from Delhi. The house owner lives elsewhere, and the property is managed by a local shopkeeper," Singh added.</p>
<p>The body has been sent for post-mortem, and <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/maharashtra-car-driver-rams-vehicle-into-mira-road-residential-society-injures-security-guards-23486070" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"><strong>police</strong></a> are analysing CCTV footage to identify the suspect.</p>
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