Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru
Mangaluru, Feb 22: The Pandeshwar police on Thursday February 22 arrested three persons in connection to the murder of Target Group member Ilyas last month.
The arrested are Dawood (38), a resident of Ullal, Mohammed Nasir alias Nasir alias Nachi (25) of Manjeshwar, Kasargod, and Riyaz A alias Riya alias Iya (32), also of Manjeshwar.
llyas was hacked to death on January 13.
Police said that among the accused, Dawood was directly involved in the attack. Riyaz and Nasir provided shelter to the other culprits and also helped them financially.
Dawood is an accused in four cases of murder, including that of Ilyas, two murder attempts and five other cases.
Nasir is an accused in a assault case in Manjeshwar police station.
The police earlier arrested Mohammed Sameer alias Sameer and Nameer Hamza in the case, who are presently in judicial custody.