Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada police on Saturday arrested three more accused in the murder of  RSS worker Sharath Madivala.

The arrested have been identified as Rahim Alady (32), Sadique Pasha (35) and Saleha alias Swaleh (27). The arrest of three takes the total number of arrests in the case to eight.

All eight arrested indirectly helped the prime accused before and after the murder of RSS worker. However, the sources said that prime accused in the case is absconding in a foreign country. Police investigation is in progress into the murder case.

The police had arrested PFI leader Khaleelulla from Chamarajanagar, Abdul Shafi from Bantwal, Riyaz Paranki, Sadiq Nelyadi and Charamarajanagar resident Khaleem alias Khaleemullah.

Riyaz, Sadiq Nelyadi and Khaleem were arrested on August 16 on charges of helping the main accused and giving them shelter.

Sadique, Saleha and Rahim have also been arrested for helping the main accused, sources said.