Shimoga: Bhadravathi police have arrested six accused in the murder of rowdy-sitter Shah Rukh Khan.

The accused have been identified as Ramesh (44), Hanumanthanagar (35), Chandra (37) and Karthik (24), Madhusudhan (28) and Yadhavi Ramesh (37).

Rowdy Sheeter Shah Rukh Khan was murdered on October 1 near the Bhadravathi mosque in the district. Shah Rukh Khan took his bike home from the house on September 30 at about 11.30 pm. But the next day he was murdered near the Noorrani Mosque in Newman. His father had lodged a complaint with the police station.

Now the freshman police have succeeded in arresting the accused. Police have confiscated the weapons used by the accused and handed them over to judicial custody.