A man has been arrested in Rajasthan for his alleged involvement in blackmailing and threatening Pintu Dey, the personal assistant of Tollywood actor Ankush Hazra, who had committed suicide at his aunt’s home earlier this month.

Ayub Khan, a resident of Bharatpur in Rajasthan, was arrested early on Thursday was being brought to Calcutta on transit remand.

Khan has been charged with abetment to suicide, attempt to extort money, forgery and criminal conspiracy.

Dey, also known as Bappa, was found hanging from the grille of the washroom in his aunt’s Narkeldanga house on March 2.