West Bengal police arrest murder accused in Chennai

The accused, Muhandar Rahman Surat (28), was traced to a friend’s house in Manali New Town and secured by the West Bengal CID.

City police said Rahman is the main accused in the murder of Asim Das, a Trinamool worker. The CID officials there had already arrested six men in the case, but Rahman remained at large. The CID had taken over the case in July, a month after the murder, and arrested the first accused from Delhi.

Asim Das was reportedly murdered by contract killers for Rs 5 lakh.Nearly four months after a Trinamool Congress functionary was murdered in West Bengal, the police from there arrested the absconding main accused in the city on Tuesday. The accused, Muhandar Rahman Surat (28), was traced to a friend’s house in Manali New Town and secured by the West Bengal CID.

City police said Rahman is the main accused in the murder of Asim Das, a Trinamool worker. The CID officials there had already arrested six men in the case, but Rahman remained at large.

The CID had taken over the case in July, a month after the murder, and arrested the first accused from Delhi. Asim Das was reportedly murdered by contract killers for Rs 5 lakh.