Haldwani, Nov. 12 -- Three men, including an Army jawan, have been arrested for allegedly murdering a 56-year-old woman in Uttarakhand's Nainital district as part of a revenge plot linked to the killing of the soldier's father in 2023, police said on Thursday.

The woman, Vimla Devi, was allegedly assaulted and drowned before her body was dumped outside a residence in Kishanpur Choi village, police said. CCTV footage purportedly captured the accused assaulting and abducting her before dumping her body from a vehicle near the crime scene.

Police identified the arrested men as Mohit Fartyal (32), an Army jawan posted with the Rajputana Rifles regiment of the Indian Army, and Sairan (21) and Mohammad Abbuzar (22), both residents of Ramnagar...