Goa, July 28 -- The Additional Sessions Court, South Goa, has acquitted all four accused in the 2019 Collem murder case, holding that the prosecution failed to establish a complete and reliable chain of circumstantial evidence to prove the charges beyond reasonable doubt.

The case dates back to January 2019, when the body of a 53-year-old man from Karnataka's Gadag district was discovered in a 24-foot-deep gorge at Anmod Ghat along the Goa-Karnataka highway. Investigators alleged that the victim had been strangled before his body was dumped into the valley.

Police later arrested the victim's wife and three others, claiming they had conspired to murder him after he reportedly objected to his wife's alleged extramarital relationship with ...