New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested an absconding accused linked to a sensational double-murder case that took place in Abu Dhabi in 2020, officials said on Thursday.

The accused, identified as Shameem K.K., was apprehended from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, after having evaded investigators for years since the case was first registered in Kerala.

According to the CBI, Shameem had been on the run since the registration of Kerala Police Case No. 280/2022, known locally as the Shafa Sharif Murder Case, on May 10, 2022.

Following his disappearance, a Look Out Circular (LOC) was issued, and the court later split the proceedings against him, registering it separately as CP No. 4/2025.

The CBI formally took over the probe on November 3, 2022, after the Kerala High Court

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