Hyderabad, Dec. 3 -- The Osmania University police, on December 3, along with a task force, arrested three men in connection with the brutal murder of a 58-year-old man from Mangalhat, uncovering that the prime accused's belief that the victim was practising black magic.

The main accused, Shaik Ghouse, 43, believed that the deceased, Magu Singh, was practising black magic against his family, causing financial losses.

On December 1, the co-accused and Ghouse's son-in-law, Syed Shoaib, 32, lured the victim as planned towards the Boost Hotel Lane in Chilkalguda. There, Ghouse assaulted the victim with an iron rod, after which he was transported in a car to Tarnaka.

The prime accused slit the victim's throat and later dumped his body outsi...