greater noida a van carrying a couple and three others from nawada village were pushed into ganga canal in badaun on august 25 by the couples daughter and her alleged lover the police said on sunday the accused preeti 19 and mugesh alias sonu 26 wanted to marry but the family was against it as sonu was already married with two kids they saidaccording to police on august 25 raje bhadane and wife dharmavati had hired a maruti eeco van driven by one ompal singh to visit a dargah in badaun to offer a chadar they were accompanied by rajes son lalit his wife sheetal rajes daughter preeti lalits uncle rajender and his wife priti the sevenmember family was also accompanied by a local tantric saleemuddin alias saleemhowever the bodies of raje bhadana dharmavati and priti were recovered from a canal in narora area in bulandshahr district later in the day rajes son lalit his wife sheetal and lalits uncle rajender were found unconscious at a roadside eatery nearly a kilometre away from the spot the next day saleems body was also receovered from the canal while ompal is still missingaccording to police preeti and sonu belonged to the same village and were in a relationship both knew each other for the past four years but since sonu was already married the family was against their relationship the issue also created tension among family memberssuperintendent of police abhishek yadav said that preeti would pretend to be possessed by a spirit and the family would regularly visit the dargah this was also a regular trip the tantric was close to the family however this time preetis father took her uncle and aunt along he saidpolice said that the two planned the murder twothree days before the family left for the shrine meanwhile sonu also came to the dargah in his vehicle from the villageafter offering a chadar at the shrine the family came out preeti then contacted sonu and they took the family to a nearby eatery on the pretext of buying them soft drinks they offered the family members a fruit drink mixed with 30 tablets of alparax all the family members took the drink however preetis sisterinlaw sheetal started vomiting and her intoxication lessened as a result yadav said while lalit sheetal and rajender were left there sonu and preeti drove the eeco to ganga canal with raje dharmavati priti ompal and the tantric saleemthe duo then pushed the van into the river both raised the front wheels of the vehicle near the canal even while sitting in the car and later pushed the car from behind said sp abhishek yadavsonu then went back to near the shrine on foot to take his vehicle and later the two escaped the police saidthe two had gone to meerut and were hiding at a hotel for some days they later went to allahabad where they decided to solemnise their marriage they were arrested from bulandshahr railway station after they got down