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Following the tip-off, we went at the spot and caught Solanki,” said an official from Rajkot crime branch.Apart from the murder, Solanki faces 46 cases including that of house break-in, vehicle thefts and burglaries against him. Rajkot: A murder accused, absconding for the past two years, was caught from Hudco Chowkdi in Rajkot on Friday night.Police said the accused, identified as Sanjay Solanki (22), was wanted for the murder of Gordhan Vedani (45) who was killed and robbed by three assailants including Solanki while he was asleep on the porch of his shop in Ganjivada locality of Rajkot on October 21, 2015.While the two accused were arrested and sent to jail, Solanki went absconding.“Solanki had been dodging cops for the past two years. On Friday night, Rajkot crime branch head constables — Samir Sheikh, Nishant Parmar and Mahesh Mandh — received a tip-off about Solanki having arrived at Hudco Chowkdi. While being on the run, he worked as a labourer in Than and even as a cutlery salesman in Kutch district..