Haldwani, Nov. 13 -- Nainital police on Thursday arrested three men, including an Army jawan, for allegedly murdering a 56-year-old woman in Kishanpur Choi village of the district as part of a revenge plot linked to the killing of the soldier's father in 2023, officers said. According to police, the accused allegedly assaulted the woman before drowning her. Investigators have also seized a car suspected to have been used in the crime, along with wooden sticks and other blunt objects allegedly used in the assault. Addressing a press conference at Ramnagar police station, senior superintendent of police (SSP) Manjunath TC said the incident came to light on November 10 when police received a call via Dial 112 emergency service regarding a woman's body lying outside the residence of one Trilok Singh Bisht in Kishanpur Choi. "A police team rushed to the spot and identified the deceased as Vimla Devi, wife of Khilaf Singh Bisht. As the body bore severe injury marks, a forensic team was called in to collect scientific evidence from the scene," he said, adding, "Based on a formal complaint lodged by her son, Kundan Singh Bisht, a FIR was registered against unidentified assailants under Sections 332(c) (house-trespass), 103(1) (murder), and 352 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) of the BNS." A special team led by superintendent of police (SP) Harbans Singh was constituted. During the probe, investigators scanned CCTV footage from the locality, which allegedly captured three men assaulting the victim, forcibly abducting her, and subsequently dumping her body from a vehicle near the crime scene. "Technical surveillance and sustained field investigations helped us zero in on the suspects," the SSP added. Police identified the accused as Mohit Fartyal (32), a resident of Kishanpur Choi, along with Sairan (21) and Mohammad Abbuzar (22), both residents of Khatadi in Ramnagar. Officers said that Fartyal is currently posted with the Rajputana Rifles regiment of the Indian Army. "Preliminary interrogation revealed that Mohit's father, Govind Singh Bisht, was murdered in 2023, and the deceased woman's sons were named as accused in that case. Harbouring a deep-seated grudge against the family, Mohit orchestrated the fatal attack to avenge his father's death," SSP Manjunath said. Police further revealed that the trio was intercepted near the Ramlila Ground in Ramnagar while they were allegedly en route to Chaukhutia in Almora district to eliminate the victim's sons as well. All three accused were produced before a local court on Thursday and remanded to judicial custody, police said, adding that further investigation into the matter is underway....