The Mavelikara police on Sunday arrested a 51-year-old murder convict after almost 27 years on the run.
Reji alias Achamma was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Kerala High on September 11, 1996 for murdering Mariyamma (61) of Mankamkuzhy, near Mavelikara, in 1990. She went into hiding within hours of the court declaring her guilty and awarded a life term.
The police said that Reji was nabbed from Adivad in Pallarimangalam grama panchayat in Ernakulam, where she lived under the fake name Mini Raju. Mariyamma was found stabbed to death at her house on February 21, 1990. The murderer took away her 3.5 sovereign gold wedding chain and earring after slitting her ear.
