<p class="bodytext">Police arrested three youth, including a rowdy-sheeter, suspected to have been involved in the murder of Puttur taluk Hindu Jagaran Vedike secretary Karthik Suvarna on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The arrested youth were identified as Charanraj (26), his brother Kiran (36) both from Puttur and rowdy-sheeter Preethesh (28) from Ullalbail. Steevan Monteiro from Attavar was also arrested for providing shelter to the accused youth. </p>.<p class="bodytext">It may be recalled that Karthik from Sampya was stabbed to death on the night of September 3 during Ganeshotsava at Sampya.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police sources said that a dispute in a chit fund business had prompted Charan, Kiran and Preethesh to murder Karthik. The three men later escaped from the spot in a car.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Karthik, son of Ramesh Suvarna and former Aryapu Gram panchayat member Hemavathy was rushed to Adarsh hospital where the doctors declared him dead on arrival.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Prateesh Shetty, a rowdy-sheeter, has two cases registered against him in Ullal police station, sources added.</p>
<p class="bodytext">Police arrested three youth, including a rowdy-sheeter, suspected to have been involved in the murder of Puttur taluk Hindu Jagaran Vedike secretary Karthik Suvarna on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The arrested youth were identified as Charanraj (26), his brother Kiran (36) both from Puttur and rowdy-sheeter Preethesh (28) from Ullalbail. Steevan Monteiro from Attavar was also arrested for providing shelter to the accused youth. </p>.<p class="bodytext">It may be recalled that Karthik from Sampya was stabbed to death on the night of September 3 during Ganeshotsava at Sampya.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police sources said that a dispute in a chit fund business had prompted Charan, Kiran and Preethesh to murder Karthik. The three men later escaped from the spot in a car.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Karthik, son of Ramesh Suvarna and former Aryapu Gram panchayat member Hemavathy was rushed to Adarsh hospital where the doctors declared him dead on arrival.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Prateesh Shetty, a rowdy-sheeter, has two cases registered against him in Ullal police station, sources added.</p>