India, Aug. 31 -- After the body of a 26-year-old man, suspected to have died by suicide, was found in Dongri on Friday, his live-in partner was arrested on Saturday for murdering him and passing it off as suicide.

The body of the deceased, Arafat Mehboob Khan, was discovered at Bisti Mohalla by his family on Friday. "I got the call from my cousin Adiba that he was lying outside his house. I rushed him to JJ Hospital, where doctors declared him dead," said Noman Khan, 21-year-old brother of Arafat.

Noman said his brother was in love with Riyana Swarakiya, 35. He used to live with his father and younger sister, but left them to live with his girlfriend and her child from a previous relationship. "Arafat said he will return home only if t...