Mangalore : Three persons have been arrested by the police in connection with the murder of Neelesh Poojari alias Neelu at Madyaru near Ullal on September 4, Wednesday.
The arrests were made on September 7 Saturday and those arrested are Chidu alias Chidanand, Santhu alias Santhosh and Krishna Talapady. Search is on for another accused named Jaggu alias Jagadish.
It is said of the accused Krishna was a hotelier in Goa earlier and had closed his business and returned to Mangalore some six months ago. His car of Goa registration was used by the assailants.