Bengaluru: A 40-year-old woman cab driver was found dead in her rented house in the city's northwest suburb, police said on Tuesday.

"It appears to be a case of suicide, as the victim's (V. Bharathi) body was found hanging by a cloth-like rope from the ceiling of a room by her landlord on Monday night," Sanjay Nagar police inspector Prakash told IANS in Bengaluru.