The Gurugram police said that he had shifted his hideout quite frequently and had stayed in Mathura, Agra and Indore to evade arrest
The man accused of killing his friend was later declared a proclaimed offender by the court. Representational Pic/File
The Gurugram Police on Saturday said that it has arrested a man from Madhya Pradesh who had been on the run for as many as 17 years for allegedly killing his friend, reported the PTI.
The city police said that he had shifted his hideout quite frequently and had stayed in Mathura, Agra and Indore to evade arrest.
According to the police, on August 18, 2007, the man identified as Ramesh had allegedly hit his friend -- Ramlal with a stick and killed him.
The accused and the deceased used to work as masons together, a Gurugram Police spokesperson said.
After Ramesh fled the spot, an FIR was registered at Badshahpur police station but he could not be arrested, police said, as per the PTI.
He was later declared a proclaimed offender by the court.
On Thursday, a police team finally arrested the accused from Madhya Pradesh, the police said.
Man wanted in murder case held in Thane
Meanwhile, in an another incident, earlier this month, a man wanted in a murder case in West Bengal's Kolkata has been apprehended in Maharashtra's Thane district, the police said on Friday, reported the PTI.
The accused was identified as 36-year-old Sirajuddin Ahmed Shah alias Captain.
According to the police, based on a tip-off, the police on Thursday nabbed the accused from the Pisvali area of Dombivili town in Thane district, according to the PTI.
He said that Shah had been on the run for the last two months and was working in a factory in the MIDC area.
According to the police, Shah and another accused allegedly shot and killed Bunty Sav in the Dankuni police station limits in Kolkata two months ago over an illicit affair with a woman, and the duo had fled the city, as per the PTI.
The official said while the other accused was nabbed early on, Shah evaded arrest.
The police verified the accused's identity, and during interrogation, he confessed to his involvement in the crime, he said, adding that a special team from Kolkata police has taken Shah's custody, the news agency reported on Friday.
(with PTI inputs)
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