RAIPUR: Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi was arrested on charges of murder and admitted in a hospital here.

Jogi was arrested at Gandai in Rajnandgaon district on a non-bailable arrest warrant issued by a court in connection with the 2003 murder of then state NCP treasurer Ram Avtar Jaggi, police said.

The case was filed by Jaggi's son Satish. Jogi was brought here and admitted in Escort Heart Centre.

A doctor attending on him told PTI that Jogi was under sedatives due to high blood pressure and other complaints and was put in the ICU for observation.