India, April 15 -- A former Indian Army soldier, who was accused of killing his wife and jumped parole for 20 years, was finally arrested by the Delhi Police's crime branch inter-state cell on Monday.

The accused, identified as 58-year-old Anil Kumar Tiwari, was arrested on May 31, 1989, for murdering his wife and setting her on fire. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, a news agency ANI report said.

The case, dated May 14, 1989, has been filed under section 302 (dealing with murder) of the Indian Penal Code at the Delhi Cantt. police station.

On November 21, 2005, the man was granted an interim two-week suspension of sentence by the Delhi high court. However, he did not return to prison.

Crime Branch's deputy commissioner of polic...