Former Haryana Minister Gopal Kanda surrendered before the Delhi Police today and was arrested—13 days after the suicide of his former employee Geetika Sharma, who accused him of abetting her suicide.

Kanda, who was absconding for the past 10 days after the police served him a notice to appear before them to join the investigation, surfaced at Bharat Nagar police station at 4 am. Deputy Commissioner of Police, North-West, P Karunakaran has confirmed the arrested of Kanda.

Aruna Chaddha, a senior functionary with now defunct MDLR airlines of Kanda, has already been arrested and is in judicial custody in connection with the suicide of Geetika Sharma, who allegedly took her life on August 5 in her Ashok Vihar residence.

Kanda’s anticipatory bail plea was dismissed by the Delhi High Court on Friday. A Rohini Court on Thursday had issued a non-bailable warrant against him. His brother Govind Kanda was also arrested on Friday for allegedly helping Kanda to evade the police.

The Delhi Police had conducted over 60 searches and raids in Haryana, Goa and Siliguri in West Bengal besides questioning around 30 people in connection with the case.