Kolkata, Sept. 3 -- The West Bengal police arrested former Panihati municipality chairman and Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Somnath Dey from a guest house in Bengaluru on Thursday on charges of hastily cremating the body of the junior doctor who was raped and murdered inside Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on July 9, 2024, police officers aware of the matter said.

"Dey had been absconding since June. After the state government ordered a fresh probe into the cremation, a police team followed his trail in several cities, including Hyderabad, but Dey managed to give them the slip. He will be produced before a Bengaluru court today and brought to Bengal on transit remand," a police officer said, requesting anonymity.

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