The city read in shock yesterday of the sexual assault and murder of a Vile Parle-based young woman, a physiotherapist. The 25-year-old professional was killed in the early hours of Tuesday, after attending a birthday party of a friend.

Reports stated that she went out for dinner with a group and returned home at midnight. She was then raped, strangled with a pair of jeans and burnt. Marks on her body showed signs of a struggle and initial reports claim that the cops suspect the assaulters set fire to the body in an attempt to pass this off as just a murder.