Gurugram, Sept. 10 -- Police on Tuesday said they have recovered the remains of a body from Haridwar that had been dumped in the Ganga after a murder in Punhana, Nuh, on August 28. Investigators said a crime branch team from Nuh travelled to Haridwar, where they learnt that local police had pulled out a decomposed body from the river last week. Family members, who accompanied the team, identified it through clothes and a finger ring recovered from the body. The victim was identified as Dr Vinod Goyal, 59, a resident of Punhana who owned a hospital and ultrasound centre in the town. He was allegedly strangled to death by his close friend and former ward councillor Deepak Kumar, alias Deepak Rajasthani, 42, inside the latter's Hyundai Venue car near his utensil factory. Investigators said Kumar killed him to avoid repaying Rs.23 lakh borrowed from the doctor over the last few years. Kumar, the prime accused, had a debt of at least Rs.1.5 crore including the loan taken from Goyal and from banks. Police said Kumar's servant Ashok Gupta, 36, was also involved. Kumar had allegedly hired Mohammad Mustakeen, a pickup van driver in his factory, to drive the car to Haridwar on August 29, with Goyal's body in the trunk. The body was later dumped in the river. Mustakeen, who suspected foul play after learning of Goyal's disappearance, approached police last week. Krishan Kumar, public relations officer of Nuh police, said Gupta was arrested on Monday based on Kumar's disclosures during police remand. "Haridwar police had recovered Goyal's partially decomposed body last week near their district border. Since it was unidentified, they cremated it after 72 hours as per procedure but preserved DNA samples," he said. Police said the remains have been handed to the family and blood samples of relatives collected for DNA matching. CCTV footage of the victim going to meet Kumar and of Kumar's movements on the Punhana-Haridwar route has also been secured....