India, May 19 -- A wanted criminal accused in a murder case was arrested after a shootout with the crime branch team at Bhupani in Faridabad early Monday, police said.

Police said the suspect, a resident of Molarband in southeast Delhi's Badarpur area, had been absconding since April 10 after allegedly stabbing 25-year-old Sachin Mehra to death outside a hotel in Sector-37.

According to police, the suspect allegedly killed Sachin over his friendship with a woman with whom the accused wanted to be friends.

ACP (crime) Varun Kumar Dahiya said police received a tip-off regarding the suspect's movement on the master road in Bhupani, following which vehicle checking was initiated. "The crime branch team spotted a suspect approaching on a mo...