The Bengaluru Central Crime Branch police have arrested a person for allegedly giving shelter to former Bengaluru Mayor R. Sampath Kumar and Congress leader Zakir, who are absconding for the last couple of weeks after the police filed a chargesheet against them in connection with the Bengaluru riots case.

"We have arrested Riayzuddin, who had helped Raj and Zakir escape from the city. He had even ferried them in his vehicle to Nagarahole forest, where they stayed for a few days before moving elsewhere," Joint Police Commissioner (crime) Sandeep Patil said in a statement on Monday.