Greater Noida, Aug. 16 -- Five men were arrested on Friday for allegedly killing a 45-year-old occult practitioner and dumping his body in the Bulandshahr canal on August 2. Police said that the suspects blamed the victim's "supernatural practices" for one of their wives eloping with a man in 2022, and had been planning the murder for the past three months. Police said that a few days ago, the family members of Naresh Prajapati, resident of Roza Jalalpur village in Bisrakh, Greater Noida, told them that Prajapati was found dead in a canal in Bulandshahr on August 3. Following the complaint, a team was formed and the suspects were identified as Neeraj Kumar, resident of Hapur; Sunil Kumar, resident of Dujana in Badalpur, Greater Noida; Saurabh Kumar and Praveen Mavi, both residents of Bulandshahr; and Praveen Sharma, resident of Roja Jalalpur in Bisrakh, and arrested with the help of electronic surveillance on Friday, police added. Investigation revealed that Praveen Sharma's wife had eloped with someone in 2022, and Sharma believed Prajapati, who used to visit his home, had "influenced his wife with his supernatural power". "Believing that Prajapati's occult practice caused his wife to elope, Sharma had been planning to kill him for the last three months . Offering 100 square yards of land to every suspect and luxury vehicles, he recruited three other suspects with the help of a friend," said Diksha Singh, assistant commissioner of police, Central Noida, . Singh said the three suspects joined his Bulandshahr-based acquaintance Praveen Mavi, who agreed to dispose of Prajapati's body in a canal close to his home. Police said, on the pretext of conducting a ritual, they contacted Prajapati and called him to meet in Greater Noida. "They picked up Prajapati in a Maruti Suzuki Swift from Roja Jalalpur and strangulated him using his scarf. When Prajapati fell unconscious, they took him to Bulandshahr and killed him by hitting him on the head multiple times with a sharp-edged weapon," said ACP Singh. Police said Sharma married another woman after his wife's elopement, and his wife is also believed to be married to someone else. Prajapati, who is also married and has two children, was murdered solely on the suspicion that his occult practice might have had a connection with the woman's action. Police recovered the weapons and the vehicle used in the crime. A case under Section 103 (murder) of the BNS has been registered against the suspects at Bisrakh police station, and further investigation is underway....