Calcutta man out on bail tries to flee country

A man who had been arrested in connection with a murder on Bentinck Street 14 years ago and was currently out on bail, was caught by the Calcutta police on Saturday night while he was trying to flee to Bangladesh through the Petrapole border, police said.

Pradip Jha, in his late 30s, the murder accused, was arrested on Saturday night.

Santosh Yadav, his alleged crime partner and a co-accused in the same murder case, was also arrested 14 years back while trying to flee to Bangladesh through the same border.