Khar police have arrested a 42-year-old man who had allegedly been evading the police and court proceedings for nearly 21 years in connection with a theft case registered in 2005.

The accused, Muttu Krishnan Ramakrishnan Aruntuddi, a Mahim resident, was wanted in an FIR registered at Khar police station under Section 379 of the Indian Penal Code. The case is pending before the 9th Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court in Bandra East.