India, Sept. 13 -- A 27-year-old murder accused, who had been on the run for the past two years, was arrested in Ambernath on Wednesday. After the murder in 2023, he had fled to Ambernath and started living with a different identity. The police, disguised as commoners, kept a close watch on him and arrested him after confirming his identity, the police said.

According to the police, the incident dates back to February 2023 in Bhayander, when the accused, Ramkesh Dudhnath Yadav, had stripped the victim Ritesh Rajendra Kawale, 25 years old then, tied his hands and feet, and had brutally beaten him with sticks and sharp weapons, leading to his death. After Kawale lost consciousness, Yadav fled the scene along with the weapons he had used, s...