The Santa Cruz police have finally tracked down and arrested a 42-year-old man who killed his friend in a hotel in the area and fled with Rs 1.30 lakhs in 2003. The accused had been hiding his identity and address, and working in a Thane-based mithai shop for 20 years.

The accused has been identified as Rupesh Ramnath Rai alias Ravi alias Atul Vijay Kedia, who is a resident of Bharthua at Aurai at Muzaffarpur in Bihar. Rai was working at the Joshi Sweets Mithai shop in Vrindavan Society at Castle Mill Road at Majiwada Thane.