Deogarh, March 6 -- Days after body of a woman was found half-buried near a playground in Reamal area of Odisha's Deogarh district, police claimed to have cracked the case by arresting four persons in this connection.

The accused were identified as the woman's lover Pramod Pradhan (24) and Keshav Pradhan (50) of Balasingha village in Sambapur district along with relative Gurucharan Pradhan (55) and son Pradip Pradhan (30) of Madhyapur village within Reamal police limits of Deogarh district.

The woman, identified as Mruta Mina of Garakhol village within Kisinda police limits of Sambalpur, was reportedly having an extra-marital affair with prime accused Pramod and was killed by him on the suspicion of infidelty.

Addressing mediapersons, ...