Haridwar police on Friday arrested three persons in connection with the March 22 Sumit Patwal murder case. Sumit was murdered by three unidentified youths at Kotdwar of Pauri district.SP Pauri formed a team comprising personnel from Kotdwar police station and SOG Kotdwar for investigation. During the investigation, the teams located the accused in Haridwar district and finally arrested from Jwalapur area of the district. One pistol of 7.65mm and two live cartridges were recovered from them. Accused Surender Negi, son of Ganpat Singh Negi, a resident of Mawadhar Patti of Pauri Garwahal, Vishal Kumar alias Jolly, son of Vijender Kumar, a resident of Talhedi Buzurg of Saharanpur and Jonny Sharma, son of Jaipal Sharma, a resident of Badgaon of Saharanpur had confessed their crimes. Monetary matters had led to the murder. IG Garhwal Sanjay Gunjyal and SSP Haridwar Sweety Agrawal have announced rewards of Rs10,000 and Rs2,500 respectively to the police team for successfully cracking the case.