The Mumbai crime branch on Friday apprehended a 49-year-old man, wanted in a double-murder in Lonavala, after three decades. Avinash Bhimrao Pawar was on the run since killing a couple in their home in 1993, police said.

The Lonavala City police station had registered a case against Pawar under Sections 302 (murder) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code. He is accused of murdering Dhanraj Thakrasi Kurwa, 55, and Dhanlaxmi Dhanraj Kurwa, 50, while robbing their residence at Valvan Satyam Society in Lonavala.