Gangtok, Feb. 7 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Puran Bahadur Rai, an absconding accused in a murder case, from Bengaluru, Karnataka. Rai was wanted in connection with the murder of Madan Tamang, the then President of Akhil Bhartiya Gorkha League (ABGL), which took place on May 21, 2010, in Darjeeling. Rai had been evading the law since 2017 and had relocated from Darjeeling to Bengaluru to avoid arrest.

The CBI took over the investigation of the case on January 19, 2011, after re-registering the FIR originally filed by Sadar Police Station in Darjeeling, West Bengal. The case was initiated following notifications from both the West Bengal government and the Central Government of India.

Rai, a charge-sheeted a...