Mumbai crime branch's unit VIII arrested a murder accused who was absconding since 2004. The arrested accused identified as Vikrant Alias Vicky Patel was arrested from Pune where he was running a mobile company shop. 

According to the crime branch officials, he with five other accused, entered a Surat-based businessman's bungalow to commit a robbery. Around 3:15 PM in the noon, they entered the house, threatened the family members and thrashed a teenager, Gunjan Dilipbhai, who died due to injuries. 

After the incident, Umra police station in Surat registered a case under Sections 302, 395, 397 and 34 of Indian penal code and began looking for the accused. During the investigation, police found the five accused, however, Vicky was missing since the first day of investigation. The DCP detection, Akbar Pathan said, "The accused posed as an employee of a gas agency and came to check the connections and entered the bungalow where they then killed a teenager and robbed the house."