The body of actor and model Humaira Asghar Ali has been found in her apartment in Karachi’s Defence Housing Authority (DHA) Phase VI on Tuesday, police have confirmed.

According to DIG South Syed Asad Raza, the body was recovered from a flat in Ittehad Commercial. In a statement, Gizri police said that the 32-year-old actor had died about two weeks before her body was discovered.

DIG Raza explained that the police went to the apartment on the orders of a local court to get it vacated after the landlord complained that he had not been paid the rent. “The police knocked on the door at 3:15 pm, but no one responded. They broke the lock and went inside, where they found the body,” he said.

He added that the body appeared to be several days old, therefore the cause of death could not be confirmed right away. The Crime Scene Unit was called to collect evidence, and the body was taken to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for legal procedures.

Dr Summaiya Syed, a police surgeon, confirmed: “The body is in a very advanced stage of decomposition.” She also said that further investigation is ongoing.

Humaira Asghar Ali had been living in the apartment on rent. She appeared in the ARY reality show Tamasha Ghar and acted in the 2015 film Jalaibee.