Mangaluru: The City Police officials on Wednesday arrested a 51-year-old man, who had been accused in an extortion case and had been absconding for 23 years.

The arrested man has been identified as Bashir, a native of Ullal. He has been produced before court and remanded in judicial custody, the City Police Commissioner said in an official press release.

A case had been registered under IPC Section 130/2000 on December 17, 2000 at the Urwa Police Station in connection with an incident where a woman was intercepted at night, threatened with a knife and extorted of her necklace. The Police officials had named four people as suspects, Basheer, Hussain, Mohammad Hussain and Moideen Kudroli. While the latter three had been arrested earlier, Basheer had been absconding for 23 years.

A court summons had also been issued against Basheer but the accused had been hiding so far and was arrested on July 26, said the Police Commissioner.

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