India, May 29 -- The Mira-Bhayandar, Vasai-Virar (MBVV) police crime branch has solved a 24-year-old "cold case" involving the alleged murder of a 56-year-old man by an autorickshaw driver in Virar West. The accused was arrested on Tuesday from Palghar district and produced before a court on Wednesday, when he was remanded in police custody for four days.

According to the police, the deceased, Moharam Ali, was a resident of Arnala Shantinagar in Virar West. On the evening of October 14, 2001, Ali flagged an auto rickshaw belonging to the accused, 19-year-old Haroon Ali Sayyed.

Sayyed stopped his auto, but refused to ply, leading to a heated exchange of words with Ali and his acquaintance. At one point, Sayyed pulled out a knife from his...