New Delhi, Aug. 16 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested accused Mohammad Dilshad, who had been absconding for 26 years after allegedly committing a murder in October 1999 in Saudi Arabia, the agency said in a statement on Saturday.

The CBI had registered a local prosecution case in April 2022, at the request of authorities from Saudi Arabia. It was alleged that the accused, Mohammad Dilshad, had committed the murder of a person at the premises where he was working as a heavy motor mechanic cum security guard in Riyadh.

It was further alleged that after committing the murder, the accused, Md Dilshad, had fled to India, and since then, he has been untraceable, CBI said.

After the registration of the case, CBI traced ...