Palghar, Sep 3 (PTI) A 25-year-old man on the run for allegedly murdering a building contractor in Palghar district last month has been nabbed from Varanasi, police said on Tuesday.

The body of the victim, Pramod Kumar Govind Bind, was found in a pool of blood with his throat slit at his house in Nalasopara area on August 24.

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Police achieved the breakthrough by tracking down the accused, Sameerkumar alias Samsher Bind, from Varanasi with the help of local STF personnel, a Vasai Police official said.

The accused is addicted to gambling and killed Pramod Bind for money, he said.

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