Bhubaneswar: Police on Monday arrested Subhankar Naik, 34, a key accused in the money laundering scam by Ponzi firm Seashore, for allegedly stalking a 45-year-old woman for the past few months.

Naik, who allegedly played the role of a middleman between bureaucrats and the Ponzi firm, had also allegedly assaulted the woman's 14-year-old son.

The police said the woman alleged that Naik, staying in the same apartments in which she was living, had allegedly been stalking her for the past three months. "On Sunday evening, Naik spotted the woman near a beauty parlour and chased her. When she opposed him, he scolded her and even tried to snatch her car keys," said a police official.

Later, Naik reached the apartment and created a scene there. "He tried to assault my mother, to which I had to intervene. Then he assaulted me and tried to kidnap me. He had been harassing my mother and me for the past three months," alleged the boy.

Police commissioner Satyajit Mohanty said the accused had been arrested under various charges, including stalking and criminal intimidation. "The case was registered on the basis of a complaint filed by the woman. Further investigation in the case is on," said Mohanty.

The CBI had arrested Naik on November 2014 for his alleged links with Seashore. In the preliminary charge sheet submitted with the court of Special Chief Judicial Magistrate, the CBI had, in March 2015, also stated Naik having good rapport with senior police officials and bureaucrats. Dairies seized from Naik had revealed his proximity with the bureaucrats, following which the central agency quizzed few IPS officials of the state.

"It was established that he (Naik) had good link with senior police officers and bureaucrats, by using which he was extending protection to the illegal acts of Seashore and Prashant Dash (Seashore chief)," the charge sheet had mentioned. Naik was later granted bail in August last year.