Mangaluru : The police have arrested three persons in connection with the murder of history-sheeter Pawan Raj Shetty, who was hacked to death at Vamanjoor on July 24.
Bipin Jogi alias Ganesh Rao (29), Charan alias Charan Raj alias Rajesh (22) and Harish poojary alias Nonaiah (28) were arrested at KSRTC bus stand at Puttur on Wednesday.
Pawan, son of history-sheeter Vamanjoor Rohi, was murdered late night of July 24.
After 5 hours of murder his body found some distance away from his family’s residence at Kuttipalke , Amruthnagara in Thiruvail of Vamanjoor.. In addition to the body of Pawaj which had deep gashes on neck and head, two sickles, cellphone, footwear and bloodstains on wall were found from the spot.
Special teams led by city south subdivision assistant commissioner of police, K Rama Rao, and rural police inspector, H Shivaprakash, had been formed to investigate the case, under the guidance of deputy commissioners of police, M Shantharaju and Hanumantharaya. The team led by inspector, H Shivaprakash, comprising police sub-inspectors S Sudhakar and Venkatesh among others, made the arrests.