Uttar Pradesh, Dec. 1 -- Three persons have been arrested in connection with the murder of a 35-year-old journalist and his friend, who died in a fire in his house. The accused had used alcohol-based sanitizer to burn the house so that the murder could look like an accident.

Superintendent of Police (SP), Balrampur, Dev Ranjan Verma said that the arrested persons were Lalit Mishra, Keshvanand Mishra and Akram Ali.

They were arrested on Monday from a jungle near Bahadurpur crossing.

The trio have confessed to their crime, he added.

The SP said that Keshvanand's mother was a village head and Rakesh Singh had exposed corruption in her working.

The accused held a grudge against the victim over it.

"They went to his house on the pretext ...