Dehradun, April 30 -- A 47-year-old man was arrested on Thursday for allegedly murdering a man and dumping his body in Uttarakhand's Alaknanda River.

Police recovered a body on March 10 near Chandika Mata temple by the Alaknanda river in the Langasu area, with the hands and legs tied with plastic rope, and later identified him as Sooraj Purohit with the help of a tattoo, Chamoli superintendent of police Surjit Singh Panwar said.

The suspect, Narendra Singh Topal, a resident of Chamoli and a kshetra panchayat member from Sartoli, had allegedly borrowed Rs.10,000 from Purohit.

Police officers said that Topal cited repeated public arguments and humiliation over the unpaid debt as the reason behind the murder.

SP Panwar said that with no ...