Former Jharkhand minister Gopal Krishna Patar was today arrested by the NIA for allegedly conniving with Naxalites to get his political rival, MLA Ramesh Munda, killed in 2008. <br/><br/>A spokesperson for the agency said that Patar, alias Raja Peter, was arrested in Ranchi.<br/><br/>Patar had shot to fame after he defeated Jharkhand Mukti<br/>Morcha (JMM) chief Shibu Soren in the Tamar bypoll, forcing<br/>him to step down as chief minister in 2009.<br/><br/>His arrest comes a day after the NIA arrested Jharkhand Police Assistant Sub-Inspector Sheshnath Singh, who allegedly provided prior information about Munda's movement to the Naxals.<br/><br/>Munda, a Janata Dal (U) MLA, was killed when he was delivering a speech at a function in Bundu in his assembly<br/>constituency Tamar on July 9, 2008. His two bodyguards were also killed in the attack. <br/><br/>The NIA took over investigation of the case on June 30 this year.