Kolkata: A BJP leader in West Bengal's Birbhum district was arrested, along with two others, on Sunday for allegedly being involved in the abduction of his daughter, police said. Suprabhat Batabyal, who had crossed over to the BJP from the state's ruling Trinamool Congress about five months back, was taken into custody following prima facie evidence of his link-up with the abduction which had triggered violence in the area, Additional Superintendent of Police, Bolpur, Tanmoy Sarkar said.

The 22-year-old woman, allegedly kidnapped by the two armed youths on Thursday, was rescued from the railway station in North Dinajpur district on Sunday.