The Maradu police hunted down a murder accused four days after he had crossed the border to a neighbouring State soon after the crime.
The accused, identified as Johnson Xavier, 31, of Nettor, was picked up from Bengaluru. He is accused of murdering one Anil of Maradu on February 3.
The police said the accused remained in hiding in an under-construction building at Kakkanad on the night he committed the crime before fleeing to Bengaluru the next day.