Madikeri: Kodagu District Police arrested three persons yesterday in connection with the murder of a youth during Vijayadashami procession in Madikeri recently. Police have identified the suspects as Abdul Roshan Rehman alias Roshan, 32, M.Z. Mohammad Rashid alias Rashid, 34 and Nazir alias Najju, 28.
The main accused Roshan allegedly stabbed Chandrashekar, the victim, and the two other accused helped him. Roshan told the Police he took revenge as the victim had earlier scolded his mother. All of the accused were friends of Chandrashekhar who had been procuring ganja (marijuana) from Mysuru and other locations and supplying it to them regularly for several years, said Kodagu SP Rajendra Prasad.
