India, June 16 -- Pimpri Chinchwad police on Sunday arrested a 25-year-old fugitive, wanted in two attempt-to-murder cases for firing at police teams, after a month-long manhunt, seizing a country-made pistol and a live cartridge from him.

The accused, identified as Shekhar Sambhaji Jadhav, a resident of Mogha village in Udgir taluka of Latur district, had been absconding since May 13 after allegedly opening fire at police personnel while evading arrest in a criminal case registered at Dighi Police Station.

According to the police, a fresh case was registered at Dighi Police Station on May 13 against Jadhav and three others under the attempt-to-murder section of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), and relevant sections of the Arms Act an...