PRAYAGRAJ, June 16 -- Police on Wednesday claimed to have cracked the sensational triple murder of three elderly members of the same family in Nibi Kukurkatwa village under the Meja police station area in Prayagraj's trans-Yamuna region within 24 hours of the crime.

Four persons, including the prime accused and the village head, have been arrested in connection with the case.

"An accused from the same village, along with his two associates, murdered three members of the family over a love affair. All the accused, including the main conspirator, have been arrested and further legal action is being taken," said DCP (Yamunanagar) Vivek Chandra Yadav.

The victims-65-year-old Shyamlal Gupta alias Kallu, 60-year-old Indrawati Devi, widow of ...