Muzaffarnagar:
Body of a 25-year-old woman was found in a suitcase at Fuguna village of the district, police said in Muzaffarnagar on Saturday.
Police suspect that the woman was raped and later strangled as the body bore injury marks.
The police is yet to establish the identity of the woman.
The body has been sent for post-mortem and further investigations are on, they said.
In an another case, a woman was stabbed when she resisted an attempt to rape by a youth at Bandora village in the district, police said.
The incident happened when the woman had gone to her fields on Friday.
She has been admitted to a hospital, where her condition is said to be serious, police said.