Mangalore : Three persons have been arrested in connection with the murder case of two Kerala gold smugglers that Nafir and Fahim, City police commissioner R Hitendra informed to the press here on Monday July 7

Addressing in a press conference in his office, the bodies of the Nafir and Fahim recovered from a desolated place at Kasargod, Mohammed Mahajir Sanaf, resident of Cherkala Badiadka, Kasargod, Mohammed Irshad and Mohammed Safwan, residents of Anangoor have been arrested soon after the victim’s body recovered.

The deceased Nafir and Fahim smuggled 3 kg of gold from Gulf to India. July 1 they were stabbed to death in a rented house at Attavar, The house is belonging to Nafees. The poliing the role of the house owner in the case, Hitendra said.

Commissioner said, in 3 kg of gold they sold 2.5 gold instead of giving it to the person. The remaining 0.5 kg of gold has been recovered by the police.

According to the people in Attavar surrounding area clued-up the blood mark found near the rented house, they also informed a Renault Duster vehicle moving suspiciously around the area, with blood stains on its body to the police. The CCB police then intercepted the vehicle near a garage at Mahakali Padpu and the accused were arrested. Hitendra said.

When the police questioning, the accused said the two bodies were tied in sack and buried in a land of Safwan at Bedagam village in Kasargod. The accused were taken to the spot and the bodies were recovered and sent to autopsy, the commissioner said.

Replying to the Reporter’s question, Hitendra said they have no underworld links in Karnataka, but investigation is going in other states, the weapon and car used in committing the crime, apart from gold and other items were seized.

The direction of R. Hitendra, DCP (law and order) and DCP (crime), CCB inspector Valentine D’Souza and sub-divisional ACP of Mangalore South Pawan Nejjoor. Mangalore south inspector Dinkar Shetty, police personnel Shashidhar Shetty, Ganesh M P, Ganesh Kalladka, Venugopal, Chandrashekar, Dinesh Bekal, Rajendra Prasad, Sudhir Shetty, Abdul Jabbar, Mani M N and Tejakumar were part of the police team.