The police on Wednesday announced the arrest of three more persons in connection with RSS worker Sharath Madiwala’s murder.
The police gave their names as Riyaz Paranki, Sadiq Nelyadi and Khaleem alias Khaleenulla.
Khaleem alias Khaleenulla is from Chamarajnagar and the two others are from Dakshina Kannada — one from Paranki near Bantwal and the other from Nelyadi near Uppinangady.
The accused, charged with harbouring the perpetrators of the murder, would be produced before the jurisdictional court on Thursday, seeking their police custody, Superintendent of Police C.H. Sudheer Kumar Reddy said in a communique here.
The police had announced the arrest of two persons, including Chamarajanagar district president of Popular Front of India, on Tuesday, in connection with the murder. Those accused have also been charged with harbouring the perpetrators of the murder.