Agartala (Tripura): Communist Party of India (Marxist) MLA and former state Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Badal Chowdhury, who had been avoiding arrest in the Rs 600 crore PWD scam, was arrested on Monday, after he was brought to a hospital in Agartala.

"We had posted police officials at several places in the city in civil clothes. When Chowdhury was brought to the ILS hospital, officers arrested him and admitted him to the hospital. We are following due procedure," Superintendent of Police (SP) Kulwant Singh said.