The Crime Branch unit 10 of Mumbai police has arrested a 25-year-old man for murdering his wife. He also has several criminal cases against him. The accused was wanted in several criminal cases like theft, dacoity, and looting a petrol pump on the highway. After he murdered his wife in August this year, he was on the run and the police were on the lookout for him.

The Crime Branch arrested Santosh Rajput from Saki Naka near D Mart mall on late Friday evening. Rajput was produced in the local court and remanded to police custody till December 4.The police have recovered one pistol and few live cartridges from Rajput.