Mangalore, Jul 14: CCB Police have arrested three persons in connection to the brutal murder of Bharat a.k.a. Prabhu (27), who was hacked to death with hatchets at Moodushedde on Friday July 11 by two persons who came on bike.
Police sources said that the arrested persons are Harish, Sagar and Deepak.
Bharat was the prime accused in the murder of Kadle Manja alias Manjunath near T.T. Temple at Bajilkeri in the city on the night of February 1, 2009. Along with Bharat, two others, Guruprasad and Harish, were arrested and jailed in this case. Relating to this murder, Guruprasad was murdered near, Bunder in the city on April 23, 2012.
The arrests were made by city crime branch police led by Valentine D’Souza. The accused were later handed over to Kavoor police for further investigation.