India, May 29 -- Former village sarpanch Ram Singh Choudhary, his second wife, and two other members of his family were reportedly murdered before their bodies were set ablaze inside an SUV near Rajasthan's Ajmer district, police said on Thursday.

Choudhary's first wife, son and daughter have been detained in connection with the killings, with investigators pointing to a long-running domestic dispute inside the family.

The incident came to light in Shri Rampura village, about 60 km from Ajmer city, after a Mahindra Scorpio was found engulfed in flames on a highway nearly 500 metres from where the family lived, reported news agency PTI.

Police said three charred bodies were recovered from inside the vehicle, while a fourth body was foun...