Ranjit Power failed to return from a business trip to India
A man has confessed to the murder of a British businessman who disappeared in India three weeks ago, police have said.
Ranjit Singh Power, a 54-year-old hotelier from Wolverhampton was last seen at an airport in Amritsar, Punjab on 8 May.
After he did not contact his family for a week, they feared he had been kidnapped and reported him missing.
The Foreign Office has confirmed the death of a British national in India.
Indian police told BBC Asian Network a local driver, Sukhdev Singh, has been charged with murder.
Detectives say divers are searching for Mr Power's body in a canal in Ropar District.
Mr Singh is due to appear in court tomorrow.
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