PUTRAJAYA: Police have arrested three Indian nationals, all working as car washers, for their alleged involvement in the death of a man found floating in a lake behind the Haji Fisabilillah Mosque in Cyberjaya near here last Saturday.
Sepang district police chief ACP Wan Kamarul Azran Wan Yusof today said the three men, aged between 23 and 52, were arrested in separate raids in Puchong, Selangor.
In the first raid at Kampung Sri Aman in Puchong, conducted at 8pm yesterday (Feb 12), police arrested two men aged 23 and 41 and confiscated three mobile phones.
The third suspect, a 52-year-old, was arrested at 2.30am today in Taman Puchong Prima. Police also seized a pair of trousers with bloodstains.
Prior to that, at 12.05am today, police recovered a machete from a cowshed under the Putrajaya-Cyberjaya ring road bridge.
Wan Kamarul Azran said the motive behind the murder was believed to be over a love triangle. The case is being investigated under Section 302 of the Penal Code.
The three suspects are in remand for seven days until Sunday (Feb 19), he said. — Bernama