India, Aug. 16 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Mohammad Dilshad, who had been on the run for 26 years after allegedly committing a murder in Saudi Arabia in October 1999.

According to the agency, Dilshad, a heavy motor mechanic-cum-security guard, was accused of murdering a person at his workplace in Riyadh. After the crime, he fled to India and remained untraceable for over two decades.

At the request of Saudi authorities, the CBI registered a local prosecution case in April 2022. Investigators traced Dilshad's native village in Bijnor district of Uttar Pradesh and issued a Look Out Circular (LOC), but he continued to evade capture.

The probe revealed that Dilshad had been travelling to Gulf countries, includ...