India, April 10 -- A 42-year-old man who had fled from custody at a Mumbai sessions court was re-arrested in Virar a day later after he got into a scuffle with a tea stall owner over an unpaid bill.

Beat marshals from Bolinj police station in Virar, who were on patrol on Wednesday, intervened in a fight between a tea stall owner and a customer in Virar West. During questioning, the customer failed to give satisfactory answers, prompting the police to take him to the station, where his identity was confirmed as a wanted accused.

The accused, identified as Harrison Joseph (42), a resident of Musafirkhana in south Mumbai, had escaped from custody on Monday. According to Suhas Bavche, deputy commissioner of police Virar, Joseph had been boo...