The West Bengal CID on Saturday arrested Ruia Group Chairman Pavan Ruia from his New Delhi residence in connection with the Jessop factory fire case.
The CID had earlier summoned Ruia in connection with the alleged theft and arson at the factory and asked him to appear before it.
On October 25, two persons were arrested from the Jessop factory premises in Dum Dum for their links to the alleged theft and arson, taking the number of persons arrested in the case to 15.
A senior CID police officer had said that Pradip Nandi (18) and Jhantu Karmakar (21) were arrested from the factory's Dum Dum premises.
A Special Investigating Team (SIT) was formed by the CID to probe the theft at the factory premises. A fire had broken out in the painting department of the vacant factory premises, the third such incident in two weeks.
Former workers of the factory had alleged that the fire was part of a "conspiracy by a third party", following which the West Bengal government ordered a CID probe into the mishap.
The state government had also registered a complaint against Ruia at Dum Dum police station.
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