MEERUT, Nov. 28 -- Bareilly police on Thursday arrested one Pradeep Saxena who was wanted in a 38-year-old theft and murder case, said SP city Manush Parikh. The accused, who was arrested from Bareilly's Delapeer Mandi, had been living in Moradabad under a new identity for the last many years, police said.

According to officials, Saxena, now 70 and a resident of Bareilly's Shahi police station area, was accused in a 1987 case registered at Premnagar police station. He was charged under theft and murder sections.

In 1989, he was granted bail but vanished soon after, never appearing in court again. His family also shifted residences, making it harder for investigators to trace him.

The arrest came after the Allahabad high court on Octobe...