India, Nov. 5 -- Kulwant Singh of Sekha village in Barnala was arrested for murdering three members of a family who had been reported missing since October 26, police said on Wednesday.

Barnala senior superintendent of police Sarfaraz Alam said 52-year-old Kulwant Singh was having an affair with Kiranjit Kaur, 45, a widow, and decided to murder her and her children as she had been demanding Rs.20 lakh that he had pocketed after selling her land. Though the land was sold after a mutual understanding between them, her repeated demands for the money led him to eliminate all three.

On October 26, Kulwant took Kiranjit, her daughter Sukhchainpreet Kaur, 25, and her son, Harmanjit Singh, 22, on a drive to the temple town of Naina Devi in Hima...