Meerut, Nov. 17 -- Six months after 26-year-old Rita from Indirapuram Colony went missing, Meerut police have found that she was murdered and her body was thrown into the Ganga Canal.

Police have arrested five people, including her husband, in connection with the crime. Those arrested are husband Harinandan, mother-in-law Rampari, father-in-law Shambhu Sharan, brother-in-law Dipanshu, and car driver Pravesh.

According to the investigation, Rita was killed because she opposed her husband's extramarital relationship. After the murder, Harinandan fabricated a story about her disappearance and fled to Mumbai to hide at a friend's place.

Circle officer (CO) Brahmpuri, Saumya Asthana, said that Harinandan Yadav, originally from Viroz village...