Shahjahanpur (UP), Dec 12 (PTI) A man, sentenced to life imprisonment in an 1986 acid attack case, and absconding ever since he was released on bail around 37 years ago, has been arrested from Madhya Pradesh while living under the guise of a 'sadhu', police said on Friday.

Superintendent of Police (SP) Rajesh Dwivedi told PTI that the convict, Rajesh alias Raju, was traced and arrested from the Gayatri Shaktipith in Shivpuri district, 37 years after he jumped bail.

The case dates back to August 1986, when complainants Gangadeen (a cashier) and Om Prakash Rastogi were travelling by rickshaw to their jewellery shop in Tilhar police station area in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur district, carrying a bottle of acid used for cleaning ornaments.

Rajesh intercepted them and beat them up. During

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