Haridwar, July 22 -- Three people were arrested on Wednesday in connection with the alleged murder of two sadhus whose bodies were found buried in a forest near Haridwar's Pathreshwar Mahadev temple in Pathri area, police said.

The accused have been identified as Ankur Giri (42) alias Akhil Giri and Ashu Saini (37), both residents of Haridwar, and Ram Milan (38), a resident of Karnal in Haryana.

According to Haridwar senior superintendent of police Navneet Singh Bhullar, a joint police team arrested the three from the Katha Peer forest following intelligence inputs and digital and electronic surveillance.

The two deceased sadhus Paras Giri and Sewa Giri aspired to occupy the position of temple's spiritual head, which reportedly caused ...