Mohali, May 23 -- Eight days after the decomposed body of a 36-year-old man from Mauli Baidwan village was found in the forest area near the sports stadium along Airport Road in Sector 78, Mohali police on Thursday arrested the accused, who confessed to murdering the victim with the intention of robbing him for buying drugs.

While addressing the media on Thursday, senior superintendent of police (SSP), Mohali, Harmandeep Singh Hans said the accused has been identified as 24-year-old Mukesh Kumar, a native of Hanuman Mandir, Kataria Station village, Bhagalpur district, Bihar. Mukesh ran a tyre repair shop and lived in Sohana. He is reportedly a habitual drug user. Police apprehended him while he was fleeing near Gurdwara Singh Shaheedan. ...