India, Aug. 8 -- Four days after a security guard was found strangled inside a water tank of a Juhu residential building, police on Friday arrested five men who allegedly killed him to eliminate the only witness to a failed robbery attempt at the building, police said.

The victim, Manojkumar Yadav, 34, worked as a security guard at Abhijit Building on SV Road in Vile Parle West. His body, with his hands tied behind his back, was found inside the building's ground-floor water tank on Monday, leading the Juhu police to register a murder case and form seven teams to trace the culprits.

Police said the breakthrough came after questioning informers, neighbouring watchmen and housekeeping staff. The probe led police to Jogeshwar Malik, 38, a ...