A history-sheeter has been arrested for allegedly murdering his friend in Navi Mumbai in Thane district, a railway police official said.

The body of a man, who had been gagged and strangled, was found between Vashi and Sanpada on October 12 after which a probe began, said Railway Crime Branch Senior Inspector Gajendra Patil. "The deceased was identified as Anil Suresh Thakursingh (19), a man with several offences against his name in Navi Mumbai's Rabale police station.