AGRA, Jan. 8 -- Four people have been arrested in connection with the murder of a 19-year-old youth, who was allegedly killed in a case of mistaken identity as he was wearing his cousin's jacket and riding his motorcycle, police said on Wednesday.

The accused, upset over his target's alleged relationship with a married woman, killed the youth instead and dumped his body on a highway, staging it to appear as a road accident, they added.

Deputy commissioner of police (Agra Rural West) Atul Sharma told media that Mukesh Chauhan had filed a case of road accident after the death of his cousin Puneet Sisodia on December 19. However, police later uncovered foul play after the post-mortem report contradicted the accident claim.

The post-mortem...