Lucknow police reported five arrests on October 2 in an investigation into the alleged kidnapping and killing of two men. The Times of India and Amrit Vichar reported that a river search was continuing; the bodies had not been recovered in the accounts reviewed.
Police allege that the men were abducted on September 27 for a ₹50 lakh ransom and killed the next day. A missing-person report was filed on September 29. The arrests and police disclosure are the current development, rather than an assertion that the alleged killings happened today.
The Times of India quoted North Zone DCP Amit Anand on the investigation. Police said CCTV footage, toll records and surveillance helped identify the suspects. Search personnel, including divers, were deployed at the Ghaghra.
The reported sequence is the police’s account, not a judicial finding. No defence response or court determination was included in the reports reviewed. The suspects have not been presented here as convicted offenders.