Mangaluru, July 4 -- Mangaluru City Police have arrested three persons, including two who allegedly provided shelter and logistical support, in connection with the sensational highway robbery that took place near Baikampady on National Highway-66.

Police Commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy said the accused have been identified as Nimil RK, 37, from Kerala, Irshad ,37, from Kodagu and Mustafa,40, from Kodagu.

According to police, the robbery took place in the early hours of June 29 when Vikas Subbarao Dhanawade 44, a resident of Sangli in Maharashtra, was travelling with his family to Payyanur in Kerala in a Maruti Swift Dzire.

Around 2.45 am, a gang of six to seven masked men travelling in two Toyota Innova vehicles and a Swift intercepte...