The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday arrested Sudip Bandyopadhyay, a Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP, after interrogating him for over three hours at its headquarters in the city.
The arrest followed inconsistencies in his statement in investigations into the Rs 15,000- crore Rose Valley chit fund scam.
Bandyopadhyay was summoned by the CBI twice in December but he had cited prior engagements.
The arrest is close on the heels of that of Tapas Pal, another TMC MP, who was held by the CBI in Delhi and transported to Bhubaneswar for further proceedings.
Prior to these arrests, the CBI had arrested Madan Mitra, West