Family members alleged that Anita was being "mentally and physically" harassed by her in-laws.
The family members of the 28-year-old woman, who was found dead in her house in south Delhi's Katwariya Sarai, staged a protest alleging that she was killed by her husband and brought the traffic to a halt in south Delhi.
"Owing to the protest and the festive rush, traffic in south Delhi was affected in the evening as family members kept her body on the road and protested. There were long tailbacks and it was gridlocked," said a senior police officer.
The protesters blocked a road in the area for over four hours.
Family members alleged that the deceased, Anita, was being "mentally and physically" harassed by her in-laws. However, her in-laws denied the allegations and claimed that it was a case of suicide.
Former DCW chief Bakha Singh went to meet the family members at 9.30 pm.
Police said a magisterial inquiry has been ordered and a case would be registered based on the report. No suicide note was recovered from the house.
According to Anita's family, on October 22, she had called her father to inform about a fight with her husband following which her brother and her father had reached the house at Katwariya Sarai in Vasant Vihar and offered to take her back home.
However, Anita had told them that she would try to resolve the issue. Yesterday, her husband informed her father that she had committed suicide.