LUCKNOW, Sept. 18 -- Two days after the body of a man was found stuffed inside a wooden box and dumped in a minor irrigation canal near Bhavakheda village in Mohanlalganj, police on Friday arrested three accused, including his second wife, her alleged lover and his accomplice, and detained a 16-year-old boy for their involvement in the crime.

The deceased was identified as Ram Kishore Valmiki, 35, a resident of Dubagga. Police said his first wife, Kavita Devi approached them with a complaint alleging that Ram Kishore had been killed by his second wife Sufia Bano, 35, and others. An FIR was registered at Mohanlalganj police station on Thursday under Sections 103(1), 238 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

DCP (South) Md Mustaq...