Rahtak/IBNS: After discovering that his wife was having an affair with his tenant, a man in Haryana's Rohtak kidnapped the lover with the help of his friends and then buried him alive in a 7-foot deep pit in a field, media reports said.

The murder of the tenant, who was a yoga teacher, was carried out in December last year.

The body was recovered only on Monday after the police arrested the accused following a long investigation.

As per the police, Hardeep found out that Jagdeep, who lived as a tenant in a portion of his house and taught yoga at the Baba Mastnath University in Rohtak, was allegedly having an affair with his wife.

He paid some people to dig a 7-foot deep pit in Pantavas village of Charkhi Dadri under the pretext of constructing a borewell.

On December 24, Hardeep and some of his friends kidnapped Jagdeep, who hailed from Mandothi village in Jhajjar district, after he returned from work.

They tied Jagdeep's hands and legs and then beat him before throwing him into the pit in Charkhi Dadri.

They also tied his mouth so that he couldn't make any noise and then filled up the pit with mud to bury him alive.

A missing person's report was filed at the Shivaji Colony Police station on Jan 3, 10 days after the murder.

When the police found no leads, they accessed Jagdeep's call records some time ago, which led them to enough evidence to detain Hardeep and one of his friends, Dharampal.

After presenting them in court and getting their custody, police officials began interrogating the two men, who revealed the details about the killing.

The body was recovered on Monday, March 24, exactly three months after the murder.

The police have assured that others involved in the crime will be arrested soon.