Bahraich (UP), Oct 23 (PTI) Four people, including a woman, have been arrested in connection with the murder of a youth whose body was found on the morning after Diwali in Trivedipurwa village of Bahraich district, police said on Thursday.

Additional Superintendent of Police Ramanand Prasad Kushwaha told reporters that on Tuesday (October 21), one Ravi Pratap Singh reported that unknown persons had killed his son, Shubham Singh (21), and dumped the body in a nearby sugarcane field.

Following the complaint, a probe was launched and four youths — Ajay Verma, Umesh Verma, Ajay Kanojiya and a woman, Meena Verma, were arrested on Wednesday evening based on a tip-off and surveillance evidence.

During interrogation, it was revealed that Meena was engaged to Umesh for over a year, but Shubham c

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