The Juhu police have arrested three men for brutally murdering a man by stabbing him 17 times with a chopper on Saturday evening because he had not returned their money.

According to the police, the deceased has been identified as Mani Raman Devendra (49), a resident of Nehru Nagar hutments near Juhu police station. Mani had ten criminal cases against him and had been externed from the city in the past.