Ahmedabad, Sept. 20 -- Ending a two-decade-long manhunt, the Ahmedabad City Crime Branch has apprehended a high-reward fugitive involved in a cold-blooded murder disguised as a road accident in Rajasthan nearly 24 years ago.

The arrested accused, identified as 54-year-old Dineshbhai Amthabhai Arjanbhai Desai, a native of Ucharpi village in Banaskantha district, currently working as a broker and residing at Sagar Samrat Apartment, Vejalpur, Ahmedabad, had been absconding since 2002.

According to police sources, the murder stemmed from a bitter rivalry over ancestral property and business between two brothers in Dungli village, located under the jurisdiction of the Sadri Police Station in Rajasthan's Pali district.

As part of a criminal ...