Bhopal, June 26 -- Madhya Pradesh Police cracked a month-old blind murder case reported in state capital Bhopal and arrested a man who allegedly killed a person after failing to establish a same-sex relationship with him, a police official said.

The case was cracked after the police traced the deceased, identified as Rajesh Rai's mobile phone. Rajesh Rai (38), a resident of Raisen district, had left his home on May 24 and a missing person report was subsequently registered at Satalapur police station in Raisen district on May 25.

According to the police, on May 29, police received information about a body lying beneath a culvert near Ecological Park on the Jhagaria Highway under the jurisdiction of Katara Hills police station. Documents...