India, Feb. 13 -- Four men were arrested in connection with the bodies of a 31-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman found with their heads and faces smashed at Mandi Market in Uttarakhand's Haldwani on Thursday, police said.

The deceased were identified based on Aadhaar cards recovered from their pockets as Shubham alias Golu Tamta (31), a resident of Mall Road in Almora district, and Laxmi Pokhariya (19), a resident of the Ramgarh area in Nainital district.

Police said another Aadhaar card found in Shubham's pocket mentioned his address as Champawat.

Authorities said they were informed about two bodies lying in a pool of blood around 7:30 am. They found blood-stained stones scattered nearby. Preliminary findings suggested that the two...