Police have arrested a 26-year-old man who had been evading arrest for over three years by living under a false identity and frequently changing his location, an official said on Sunday.

The accused, Salman Anwar Sheikh, a resident of Geeta Nagar in the Mira Road area of Thane district, was wanted in connection with a narcotics case registered on July 10, 2022. Since then, he had been absconding, said Senior Police Inspector Rahul Rakh, according to the news agency PTI.