An official on Monday said that the police have arrested a 34-year-old man from New Delhi, who had been on the run for 13 years after killing a man in Maharashtra's Thane district, reported news agency PTI.

A team from the Mira-Bhayandar Vasai-Virar (MBVV) police apprehended Govind Kumar Jagatnarayan Chowdhary from Naya Bazar, New Delhi, in connection with a 2012 murder case, he said, reported PTI.

The accused was wanted for the murder of Sureshkumar Suryanarayan Chowdhary (35), a resident of Bhayandar, senior inspector Pramod Badakh said.