Srirangapatna, March 11 -- The Srirangapatna Rural Police have cracked the mysterious death of a priest whose body was found in the CDS Canal near Maralagala village in Srirangapatna taluk on Friday.

Notably, the Police arrested four people, including the wife of the deceased, within three days of the incident.

The victim, Siddalingappa (46), was a resident of Maralagala village. The arrested include his wife Shalini (32), the prime accused, along with M.C. Harish (33), Santosh Kumar (29) and B.R. Ganesh (29). Police said the murder was the result of Shalini's alleged illicit relationship with Harish.

Siddalingappa had married Shalini, the daughter of his elder sister, and the couple had two children. During the investigation, the Poli...