1993 Mumbai riots accused arrested after being on the run for three decades

A 65-year-old man allegedly involved in the 1993 Mumbai riots has been arrested here 31 years after he went absconding, police said on Tuesday.

Sayyad Nadir Shah Abbas Khan was nabbed in Sewri area by a team of Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Marg police station on Monday, an official said.

He was named as an accused in a case of attempt to murder and unlawful assembly during the riots in the city that followed the demolition of the Babri masjid in December 1992.