LUCKNOW, Sept. 11 -- The murder of 26-year-old recovery agent Kunal Shukla here in the Banthra area on Tuesday has been linked to his employer's suspicion of an affair with his wife, police said. Personal photographs, including birthday party pictures where Kunal and the woman were seen feeding cake to each other, allegedly fuelled the suspicion that led to the crime.

Kunal, a resident of Destiny Colony in Dadupur, was found dead inside the office of his employer, Vivek Singh, 34. He had been bludgeoned with an iron rod. His brother lodged a complaint, following which a case of murder was registered at Banthra police station.

A joint team of Banthra police and the surveillance cell claimed to have cracked the case within 24 hours. "We a...