A man who managed to elude the police for 29 long years was finally nabbed on Friday, all thanks to a spot of bother on his neck — a birthmark. Back in 1983, the police had arrested Rameshsingh Cheddisingh Thakur for robbing eight petrol pumps in Mumbai. Thakur however slipped through their fingers after attacking the escort team with chilli powder, when he was being taken from Arthur Road jail to a local court.u00a0

He then went off the radar. A Crime Branch team started investigating the case, often facing flak from the courts for their inability to recapture the man who had given them the slip.