Guwahati: Three persons have been arrested by the Arunachal Pradesh Police in connection with the murder of an IRBn sub-inspector in Itanagar.

The police informed that two were arrested from Barrackpore in West Bengal while another was arrested from the Lakhimpur district in Assam.

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The person arrested in Assam has been said to be the prime accused in the case.

The police stated that they have also found a knife that was used for the murder near the crime scene.

Two other weapons were also seized from the Jollang Bridge near a school in the SRPL colony.

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It may be mentioned that earlier on Friday, a sub-inspector named Sibu George was allegedly murdered in quarters.

He was a native of Kerala and was posted at the Police Headquarters.