: The Ernakulam crime branch on Saturday arrested an accused in a vehicle theft case who had been absconding for the past 25 years. He has been identified as Omanakuttan, a native of Chirakkara in Kollam. He was the eighth accused in a vehicle theft case reported in Kottayam in September 1990 and had gone into hiding after release on bail. Following this, the judicial first class court in Kanjirappally, Kottayam, declared him a fugitive. Omanakuttan was taken into police custody from Chathannur by a special crime squad.