Muzaffarnagar (UP): Three persons have been arrested on charges of murdering a man who allegedly and purportedly had illicit relationship with the wife of one of them. The 48-year-old victim Rajesh who got killed was working as a sugar mill employee. He was killed in Khatoli area on August 24.

During the investigation, police found that the trio Rajesh, Rajender and Rajiv were involved in the gruesome murder of the victim, Deputy Superintendent of Police D K Mittal told reporters here today.  The victim was suspected to have been murdered over his alleged illicit relationship with wife of Rajiv, he said.