Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, March 9 A 34-year-old man, who had been on the run after allegedly killing a woman in Punjab last month, was apprehended in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra, in a joint operation by the city crime branch and the Railway Police, an official said on Monday.
According to police, the accused, Gurvinder Singh, also known as Goldie, along with two others, allegedly murdered a woman in Patiala on February 19.
The victim's family had refused to perform her last rites until the accused were arrested.
Singh was apprehended at the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar railway station after he arrived in the central Maharashtra city by the Amritsar-Nanded Sachkhand Express on March 8, the official said.
"We received information from the Punjab police that the suspect was traveling to Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar by train. Acting on this information, the crime branch, in coordination with the Railway Police, apprehended Gurvinder Singh when the train arrived in the city," he informed.
The accused tried to escape from the station premises, but was caught after a brief chase, according to the official.
A Punjab police team arrived in the city on Monday to take Singh's custody. The accused was produced before a local court, which granted his transit remand to the Punjab police until March 12, the official said.