BATALA, June 10 -- A teenage girl along with her mother and a few of the associates have been arrested for bludgeoning her fiance to death and then burying his body in the compound of the house in Batala town, police officials said on Monday.

The girl and her fiance are both 17 years of age and studied in the same school located on the Batala-Gurdaspur road. Both got engaged in April, the police sources, privy to the probe, said.

Senior superintendent of police (SSP) Suhail Qasim Mir said the girl, who initially ran away after committing the crime, her mother and their associates have been arrested.

"The girl, her mother Charanjit Kaur and their associates have been arrested for this cold-blooded murder. Search for others is on. A tota...