A woman and her lover were arrested for killing a 28-year-old man, whose charred body was recovered from near Kumar cinema hall in the heart of Bareilly city on Monday. Bareilly SSP Shailesh Pandey had announced a cash reward of Rs 15,000 to solve the case within 24 hours, a Times of India report read.

Police said Uma Shukla and Sunil Sharma killed Yogesh Saxena as Uma wanted to get rid of him and marry Saxena. Uma, who was living separately after she filed a dowry case against her husband in 2014 was in a relationship with Yogesh for the past eight years. Uma wanted to marry him, but he had asked for time as his elder sister was unmarried.