Kolkata, Feb. 27 -- Almost four days after the tragic death of dancer-cum event management professional Sutandra Chattopadhyay in an accident in West Bengal's West Burdwan district while trying to escape a gang of drunk youths chasing her car, the state police on Thursday made the first arrest in the matter.

The arrested person is Bablu Yadav, the owner and the driver of the vehicle in which the drunk youths were chasing Chattopadhyay's vehicle early on Monday.

The arrest of Yadav has been confirmed by Asansol-Durgapur Police Commissionerate's DCP Abhishek Gupta. However, three other drunk youths who were accompanying Yadav then are still absconding.

The accident on the National Highway took place when the driver of the car in which Ch...