A 24-year-old woman flight attendant has been found dead in an apartment in Mumbai following which police have registered a case of murder, an official told news PTI on Monday.

The deceased, identified as Rupal Ogrey, hailed from Chhattisgarh and came to Mumbai in April for training with the Air India, the official told PTI.

She was found dead late Sunday night in a flat at N G Complex on Krishanlal Marwah Marg in Marol area of suburban Andheri, he said

The Powai police have registered a murder case against an unidentified person and multiple teams have been formed to nab the culprit, the official told PTI.

During the probe, the police found the woman resided in the flat along with her sister and the latter`s boyfriend, but the duo left for their native place eight days back. The police have now informed them about the incident, the official told PTI.

After the woman did not pick up calls from her family members, they rang up their local friends in Mumbai and asked them to go to her flat.

When the family`s local friends went there, they found the flat locked from inside and there was no response to the doorbell.

Later, they contacted the Powai police and with their help opened the flat using a duplicate key, the official told PTI.

The woman was found lying with her throat slit. She was immediately she rushed to Rajawadi Hospital where she was declared dead before admission, the official told PTI.

On the basis of primary information, the police have registered an FIR under Indian Penal Code section 302 (murder), the official told PTI, adding a probe is on into the case.

Meanwhile, a woman allegedly jumped to death along with her one-year-old son from a high-rise in Thane city of Maharashtra in the wee hours of Friday, police told PTI.

The incident was a fallout of a quarrel between the 26-year-old woman with her husband over a family matter, they said.

The victim, Priyanka Mohite, resided with her husband and their toddler son in a building located on the Ghodbunder Road, inspector (crime) Y S Awhad of Kasarvadavali police station told PTI.

On the day of Raksha Bandhan, celebrated on August 30, the woman wanted to go to her sister`s place. But her husband advised her not to travel with their child. This resulted in a heated argument between the couple, the official told PTI.

As a result of the discord between them, she jumped to death along with their son from the balcony of their flat around 1.30 am on Friday, he added.

On hearing the sound, other residents of the building came out. They saw the mother-son duo lying in a pool of blood, and rushed them to a hospital where they were declared dead. Their bodies were later sent to a government hospital for post-mortem and a case of accidental death was registered.

The police did not specify the number of floors in the building and on which floor the victim resided. 

(With inputs from PTI)

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