The district police on Friday arrested three more persons in connection with the assault on Deputy Commissioner Priyanka Mary Francis and her convoy at Kandlur village near Kundapur on April 3.
The police gave the names of those arrested as Bilal (26), Masoor Mohammad (24) and Zakeer Hussain (32).
All three persons arrested are residents of Kandlur.
With this, the number of arrested in the case has gone up to 23.