The CBI has arrested Vinay Rai from Varanasi in the Chandranath Rath murder case. The move marks the second arrest in two days as the agency widens its conspiracy probe.

The arrest follows that of the alleged main shooter, Rajkumar Singh, a resident of Chhapar in Uttar Pradesh, who was apprehended on Monday near a toll plaza on the Haridwar-Delhi Highway, roughly 30 kilometres from Muzaffarnagar, in a joint operation with the Uttar Pradesh Police.