Guwahati, Aug. 18 -- Dima Hasao police of Assam have arrested five persons in connection with the murder of a 48-year-old woman from Umrangso Lankur.

Her body was recovered on August 14 from a forested area near Lanku Sakpuru LP School under Langkhu Police Outpost with visible injuries on her head and body.

The deceased, mother of one, ran a small tea shop near Larsen & Toubro's construction site for the Lower Kopili Hydropower Project in Umrangso. She had gone missing on the evening of August 13.

The arrested have been identified as Stephen Hanse of Umrangso Lankur, Rabindra Singh Rana of Nepal, Abdul Manan of Barpeta, Satya Acharjee of Lanka, and Ayan Choudhury, an engineer from Madhya Pradesh. Police said all of them are workers of ...