India, May 26 -- Prasanta Burman, a suspended block development officer (BDO) and prime suspect in the 2025 murder of a jewellery shop owner in West Bengal, was arrested from Kolkata's New Town area on Monday night on charges of drunk and rash driving, the police said.

According to the police, Burman was driving a black SUV when he allegedly hit a pedestrian in the New Town area on the eastern outskirts of Kolkata.

"Burman was driving a black SUV when he hit a pedestrian. He bad-mouthed traffic police personnel on duty and refused to take a breathalyser test. He was taken to Barasat court on Tuesday afternoon for production in the traffic rules violation case," a Bidhan Nagar Commissionerate officer said on condition of anonymity.

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