Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada police arrested three more people in connection with the murder of Coastalwood actor and rowdy sheeter Surendra Bantwal on Wednesday.
The arrested are Venkappa aka Venkatesh, 45, a builder, Papu aka Pradeep, 38, and Sharief, who was present when the accused were conspiring to kill the actor. On Monday, police had arrested Sathish Kulal and Girish. All the five have been remanded to police custody, said investigating officer inspector TD Nagaraj.
Surendra Bantwal, 39, was brutally murdered inside his apartment in Bantwal taluk last week.