India, July 15 -- A 39-year-old man who had killed his best friend over an argument 13 years ago and had since been on the run was arrested on Sunday by the Mira Bhayander Vasai Virar (MBVV) police crime branch.

According to the police, the arrested accused, Mahanand Mistry from Bihar, had stabbed his friend Vinod Gupta, 21, in his chest with a kitchen knife when Gupta asked him to contribute money for food in their shared apartment in Kashimira on August 8, 2012.

The police said the duo were employed as labourers in the industrial area of Bhayander. "They were about to have dinner when the argument took place. Mistry picked up a knife and in a fit of rage stabbed Gupta repeatedly," said a police officer. Mistry then disposed of the bod...