Chennai, Aug. 16 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today said it has arrested an accused who had been absconding for 26 years after committing a murder in October, 1999 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The arrested accused was identified as Mohammad Dilshad, a CBI release said.

The CBI had registered a local prosecution case in the April 2022 on the request of authorities from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

It was alleged that Mohammad Dilshad had committed the murder of a person at the premises where he was working as Heavy Motor Mechanic cum Security Guard, in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

It was further alleged that after committing the murder the accused Md. Dilshad had fled away to India and since then he was unt...