India, March 22 -- A woman who was considered murdered in 2023 returned home safe and sound nearly two years later on March 11 in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur district, while four men arrested for the assumed killing continue to be in prison.

The woman, 35-year old Lalita Bai, went missing from Gandhi Sagar area of Mandsaur in September 2023 after which a case was registered for her 'murder' at Thandla town in Madhya Pradesh's Jhabua, according to news agency PTI.

Lalita Bai's relatives saw a body of a woman with her head crushed and believed it to be her, PTI quoted Gandhi Sagar police station in-charge Taruna Bharadwaj.

"After we had filed a missing person report, Thandla police informed us about the recovery of a woman's body with her ...