Jalgaon (Maharashtra), May 21 (IANS) Jalgaon Police Monday arrested Minister of State for Transport and senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Gulabrao Deokar for his alleged involvement in a 1997 housing scam for construction of 11,000 low-cost houses in this city in north Maharashtra.

Deokar was, however, released on a surety of Rs.30,000 after he was remanded to judicial custody till May 30.