Kundapur : If a total of five persons have been arrested in the case of murder of RTI activist Vasudeva Adiga at Vandaru recently, three of them were produced before the court on January 18, Friday.

They were remanded to judicial custody till January 24. Those produced before the court are Umesh, Naveen and Raghavendra. All three are contract killers and were given Rs 25 lakhs to kill Adiga.

All the five persons were arrested in Bangalore. Investigations are in progress.