New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Proclaimed Offender (PO) Gopal Das alias Bishal Paul from Rabindranagar in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas area in the 2021 Post-Poll Violence murder case.

According to a release, the accused was at large since the registration of the FIR in 2021. He never joined the investigation/trial. For his arrest, the CBI had announced a cash reward of Rs 50,000. He has been arrested by the CBI based on human intelligence and technical inputs.

The CBI registered the instant case on August 25, 2021, in compliance of the order of the Calcutta High Court dated August 19, 2021, by taking over Narkeldanga Police Station FIR relating to alleged murder of Avijit Sarkar on May 2, 202...