Fugitive husband of JD(U) MLA arrested

The husband of a ruling Janta Dal (U) MLA, who had fled last Sunday from the Maranga police station, where he was locked for allegedly threatening a witness to a murder case, was arrested today, police said.
JD(U) MLA Bima Bharti's husband, Awdesh Mandal, was arrested from Parbatta village in neighbouring Naughachia police district this morning, Purnea Superintendent of Police Nishant Kumar Tiwari told reporters.
Mandal and his three associates were caught from a house, Tiwari said.
Mandal had managed to flee from the lock-up when his MLA wife and Purnea MP Santosh Kushwaha had gone to the police station, police officials said.

Mandal, facing several criminal cases, was locked in the police station in Purnea district for allegedly threatening a witness to an old murder case, they said.