Bhubaneswar, May 27 -- Dilip Mondal, former transport minister in the Mamata Banerjee government and a sitting Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA, was arrested by the West Bengal Police STF from a hotel in Puri on Monday after remaining untraceable for several weeks, police sources said.

Mondal, a TMC MLA from Bishnupur constituency in South 24 Parganas district, had allegedly gone into hiding after complaints surfaced accusing him of threatening political rivals and opposition supporters. Investigators had earlier termed him 'absconding' and launched multiple raids to trace him.

"Two persons had come to the hotel and the room was booked in Dilip Mondal's name after necessary documentation. Police team came to the hotel and took him with them...