A man who was believed to be dead has been arrested for allegedly murdering his wife and children, aged 18 months and 3 years, in 2018. A police say the man buried their bodies at their home and then faked his own death.
The incident took place in Uttar Pradesh's Kasganj.
Along with the man, three of his family members and a woman have also been arrested.
According to the police, 34-year-old Rakesh, who worked as a pathologist in 2018 with a private laboratory in Greater Noida carried out the murders over an affair with a woman.
Rakesh later allegedly murdered another man from his village, burnt his head and hands, and dressed the corpse in his own clothes to fake his death, the police said. The cops say they were informed last month that the body did not belong to Rakesh.