Udupi : Four more accused arrested in the Kishan Hegde murder case who were absconding after Kishan Hegde was murdered on September 24, the criminals were arrested from Suratkal on Friday, October 2.

The accused have been identified as Sachin Amin (37) son of Dayanand Amin, resident of Katipalla, Suratkal, Akshay Shettigar (26) son of Taranath Shettigar, resident of Katipalla Suratkal, Chetan alias Chetu (23) son of Govindacharya, resident of Thokur, Mangaluru and Sanjith Pradhan alias Shailesh (19) resident of Katipalla, Suratkal.

The police have already arrested five other persons in this case.

Four police teams were formed to crack the case under the leadership of inspector Vishnuvardhan and Kumarchandra. The police team members involved in operation are Brahmavara SI Ananthapadnabha, ASI Krishnappa, Pradeep Nayak, Vasudev P, Ganesh, Ravindra, driver Annappa, DCIB ASI Ravichandran, Ramu Hegde, Raghavendra and Hiriadka police team members Harish and Shivraj.