"A police team, led by an sub-divisional police officer, arrested Roy," North 24 Parganas Superintendent of Police Rahul Srivastav said.
Mukul Roy, a Trinamool leader, is the minister of state for shipping. Subhranshu Roy, a candidate from Bijpur for the upcoming assembly polls, was arrested when he was leaving the venue of an election meeting at Naihati in North 24-Parganas district which was addressed by Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee, sources said.
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The EC on Tuesday had filed an FIR at Bijpur police station against Roy and 10 others on the charge of assaulting members of a team appointed by the election authority when it went there to erase wall writings on public and private buildings. Roy and others have been charged with damaging public property, assault on public servants on duty, snatching among other offences.
The EC later suspended inspector in-charge Partha Pratim Roy for failing to arrest the offender. Earlier on Sunday, Left Front chairman Biman Bose demanded the arrest of Subhrangshu Roy, saying, "EC officials have been assaulted and the candidate is absconding. This proves that the Trinamool Congress does not believe in democracy, peace and is spreading violence."
The police had said they were still conducting raids at every possible place in the district and also alerted other neighbouring district police authorities to trace out Subhrangshu Roy. Chief Electoral Officer Sunil Kumar Gupta on Thursday said his office is in constant touch with the district administration and the police in order to track the whereabouts of Subhrangshu Roy.
"Subhrangshu Roy is absconding and the police are conducting raids to arrest him as soon as possible," Gupta had said.
