Gurugram, Oct. 20 -- A former Army serviceman allegedly conspired with two associates to strangle his cousin's 35-year-old wife after she opposed a land deal in Gurugram's Dauhla village, police said on Tuesday. The police announced the arrest of all three accused in connection with the October 16 murder.

The prime accused, Sandeep, 35, allegedly plotted the killing after the woman persuaded her husband to return a Rs 1 lakh advance he had received from Sandeep towards the proposed land sale.

Police arrested Sandeep from Sohna on October 19 and his alleged accomplices, Anuj, 29, and Avnish, 30, from Roorkee in Uttarakhand on October 20.

According to investigators, the three had conducted reconnaissance of the victim's house on August 31 ...