The police on Saturday (May 2) said they had arrested a man nearly 25 years after he allegedly murdered his wife at Edachery in Kozhikode.
The accused, identified as Hameed, had been absconding after allegedly killing his wife, Jameela, in September 2001.
The police said the probe was recently relaunched as part of efforts to clear long-pending cases at the Edachery station.
The investigation team recently received a tip-off that Hameed was living within the limits of the Adhur police station in Kasaragod. With the assistance of the Kasaragod police, he was traced and found to be working as a fish vendor, officials said.
He was brought to the Edachery police station, where his arrest was formally recorded.
