India, June 12 -- The Mumbai police's crime branch has arrested four people for their alleged roles in a 2021 murder in Sindhudurg district that local police had earlier concluded was an accidental death.

Crime branch officers said the victim, Ashpaq Mulani, 35, was allegedly murdered in Sindhudurg in December 2021. His killers subsequently dumped his body in Pondaghat in Kankavli. However, after finding Mulani's motorcycle at the mountain pass, the local police had concluded that he had died in an accident.

Mulani's body was found 21 days after he had gone missing. The Solapur resident used to help people get loans, police said. After his body was found, the local police had concluded that he had met with an accident while returning ho...