India, July 30 -- A day after arresting a 32-year-old man and his father for the brutal murder of a retired high court lawyer in Vasai, the Mira Bhayander-Vasai Virar (MBVV) crime branch on Monday took into custody a local doctor and the accused's uncle for allegedly helping stage a cover-up and quietly bury the body.

The victim, 61-year-old Arshiya Khusro, was declared dead of "natural causes" hours after her stepson Imran Khusro allegedly smashed her head against a bathroom wall for refusing to give him Rs.1.8 lakh to play an online game. The murder, say police, was not just cold-blooded-it was calculated, involving four men, a forged death certificate, and a hush-hush burial carried out before sunrise.

Nemnath Ghogre, assistant commi...