India, April 12 -- Facing a financial crisis, a 25-year-old man planned to rob his 55-year-old landlady's house but ended up killing her and leaving her 18-year-old son critically injured in east Delhi's Vinod Nagar. On the run for nearly 35 years - moving city to city and taking odd jobs - the accused, now aged 60, was finally arrested from Punjab on Friday, an officer said on Saturday.

According to the police, the murder took place in August 1991. "The woman was found unconscious with multiple stab wounds to her neck, while her son had injuries on his face. Both were taken to Lok Nayak Hospital, where the woman succumbed to her injuries, and her son survived," said DCP (crime) Aditya Gautam.

The accused, who lived as a tenant in the v...