After a week of hot pursuit, Central Crime Branch (CCB) officials on Tuesday arrested Abhinava Halashree Swami, who was on the run after the arrest of six of his associates in the MLA ticket cheating case.
The accused had escaped soon after CCB officials arrested Hindutva activist Chaitra Kundapura and five of her associates on the charge of cheating Govindababu Pujary, a businessman, of ₹5 crore after promising him a ticket from the BJP to contest Assembly elections.