India, Sept. 2 -- Eight month after the body was discovered from the jungles near Tajpur village,three accused were arrested for allegedly murdering their friend following a petty dispute in Faridabad, police said on Monday.

The misidentification of the body by a family resulted in an inordinate delay in cracking the case, they added.

The deceased, identified as Dinesh Kumar alias Deepu, 23, was a resident of Green Field colony in Faridabad.

According to police, Dinesh was murdered by his friends in the Nayapul area of Palla on the night of January 29. His body, bearing strangulation marks and a severely smashed head, was recovered on January 31.

The arrested suspects were identified as - Sohail Khan, 23, of Daya Nagar, Azad Khan, 28,...