India, May 19 -- In a significant breakthrough in the politically sensitive murder case of Chandranath Rath, personal assistant to West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested the alleged main shooter, Rajkumar, from Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh.

The arrest was made in coordination with the Muzaffarnagar Police. CBI sources confirmed that Rajkumar is the primary accused in the contract killing of Rath, who was shot dead in broad daylight on May 6th near his residence in Madhyamgram, North 24 Parganas district. The agency has secured a transit remand for the accused and will produce him before the Special CBI Court in Kolkata on Tuesday.

This latest development comes nearly a week ...