Mohali, March 16 -- Four days after a 23-year-old Zirakpur woman was found dead in a rivulet in Rajpura on Monday, police cracked the case on Friday with the arrest of the prime accused and his two accomplices.

Hot on the trail of the accused since the body's discovery, police nabbed the trio-Sultan Mohammad and his two accomplices Amandeep and Raj-from the Uttar Pradesh-Bihar border on Friday.

Another accomplice, Rohit, was already arrested on Tuesday, leading to recovery of the Hyundai i20 car (HP09-B-0467) in which the victim was allegedly abducted. All accused are aged between 20 and 25, said police.

The victim, a resident of Badal Colony, Zirakpur, had gone missing from her house on March 7, following which her family had also lod...