India, Nov. 4 -- A 39-year-old man wanted for a murder committed 17 years ago was arrested from a construction site in Titwala, where he was working as a fitter.

On June 20, 2009, a certain Maskur was murdered by four people including wanted accused Firoz Mohammed Suleman Sheikh, 39, and three accomplices. The deceased was hit on his head with a hammer. The motive was a dispute over ancestral property.

A case was registered with the Mulund police under Sections 302 (murder) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code against the four accused. While his three accomplices were arrested, Sheikh fled and had been absconding since.

He concealed his identity and avoided visiting his native village in Bihar. We decided to revisit the c...