Newsline tried to contact the owner — identified only as one “Mrs Sharma” — but found her mobile phone switched off.
One of Saxena’s roommates, who did not want to be named, returned home at 8.45 pm and was “shocked numb” to find the crowd of onlookers, police and media personnel around the house. When told that Saxena had been murdered, she said, amid sobs, “I met and spoke to her yesterday. I stay in the room next to hers but we shared the same PG in this area before we moved in here.
“I didn’t know her very well, though.”
Saxena’s roommate Lily said she kept to herself most of the time. “She was very shy but I don’t know much about her personal life,” Lily said.
Police officials said Saxena came from Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Her father Vijay Saxena is a bank employee there and has been informed. The body has been transferred to AIIMS mortuary and a postmortem would be conducted after her family members arrive.