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The CBI has arrested a antheral from Uttar Pradesh successful transportation with his relation successful the execution of West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari's adjutant Chandrakant Rath.
Raj Kumar Singh, believed to beryllium a cardinal accused successful the case, was arrested from Muzaffarnagar connected Monday (May 18, 2026). He has been taken to Kolkata to beryllium produced successful the tribunal there, an bureau root told The Hindu
“Earlier a idiosyncratic by the aforesaid sanction had been arrested successful the case, but his turned retired to beryllium pseudonym,” they added.
The CBI took implicit the probe into Rath's execution from the West Bengal Police pursuing a petition from the State government.
The State constabulary had earlier arrested 3 persons successful the case. Two accused — Mayank Raj Mishra and Vicky Maurya — were detained from Buxar successful Bihar, portion the third, Raj Singh, was detained from Ballia, Uttar Pradesh connected May 10.
Rath, the idiosyncratic adjunct to Mr. Adhikari, was changeable dormant successful Madhyamgram connected May 6, 2 days aft the declaration of the fiercely contested West Bengal Assembly canvass results.
The cardinal bureau has formed a seven-member peculiar probe squad nether a DIG of Special Crime from Delhi, comprising immoderate of the champion investigators drawn from its assorted units, the officials said.
With PTI inputs
