Khar Police in Mumbai on Wednesday said that it arrested a man who had allegedly been evading arrest and court proceedings for nearly 21 years in connection with a theft case registered in 2005.

The accused, identified as Muttu Krishnan Ramakrishnan Aruntuddi, 42, a resident of Mahim, was wanted in an FIR registered at Khar police station under Section 379 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The case is pending before the 9th Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court in Bandra (East).