Bhubaneswar,November 30: A special squad of Commissionerate Police last night arrested a person from Hotel Arya Palace here for allegedly robbing and blackmailing Bengali actress Rituparna Sengupta in West Bengal.
The arrested accused has been identified as Bodhisatwa Bhattacharya.
According to sources, the actress lodged a complaint about the robbery incident four months ago. As per the complaint, the accused had stolen Rs 1.5 lakh, a laptop and other valuables from the house of actress and was on the run since then.
Later, the accused allegedly demanded Rs 5 lakh from the actress to return her laptop and other valuables. Following the complaint, the police zeroed him from Bhubaneswar.
As per sources, the accused person has been handed over to Kolkata Police and will be forwarded to court soon. The cops will also seek transit remand, added the sources.
Prasanta Patnaik