Advocate Mofakkarul Islam, the alleged mastermind behind the gherao of seven judicial officers in West Bengal's Malda district, was reportedly arrested while trying to board a flight to escape.
The arrest took place at Siliguri's Bagdogra airport, two days after seven judicial officers were held hostage for eight hours.
According to a senior officer, Islam was the mastermind behind the Kaliachak incident in which seven judicial officers were gheraoed inside a BDO office for several hours on Wednesday night.
The police have so far arrested 33 people, including an ISF candidate, in the case.
Seven judicial officers involved in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in West Bengal's Malda were confined inside the Kaliachak 2 Block Development Office at 4 pm on Wednesday and held there for hours.
A large crowd behind their confinement were alleging that genuine voters' names had been deleted from the electoral rolls ahead of state Assembly elections in Bengal.
The Supreme Court on Thursday took strong objection to the hostage-taking of judges and called it a “deplorable” and “calculated, well-planned” attempt to browbeat the judiciary.
The court also lashed out at the “complete failure of civil and police administration” in Bengal.
