India, June 7 -- Days after a 42-year-old man was shot and abducted in Loni, police arrested two more suspects near the Nithora underpass on Saturday, bringing the total number of arrests in the case to 23, officials said.

They added that the victim's body has not yet been recovered.

Ghaziabad police formed 20 different teams to recover the body, which the suspects allegedly dumped in the Upper Ganga Canal in Meerut, according to officials.

Police said the 23 people arrested in connection with the suspected murder include the two prime suspects whose names appeared in the FIR. All 23 suspectsare residents of Ganauli, police added.

Police identified the victim as Omkar Singh, a resident of Ganauli village. Around 7am on May 30, he was ...