India, Feb. 12 -- A serving head constable from Navi Mumbai and his three accomplices were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly murdering a 25-year-old man whose partially burnt body was found in a well in Satara district last week.

The accused have been identified as Bapu Bhise, 40, a head constable posted in Navi Mumbai, and Vijay Pawar, 36, Kiran Vikas Gaikwad, 27, and Srinivas Lone, 25, from Sakharwadi in Phaltan taluka and Pune. The victim, Santosh Bobade, 25, was found dead on February 6 in a well near Chopade Vasti in Sukhed village of Khandala taluka. His hands and legs were tied, and the body was partially charred, raising immediate suspicion of foul play, the police said.

Subsequently, the Lonand police registered an accidental d...