NEW DELHI: A 24-year-old man , who has been on the run for the past few months after murdering his mother-in-law during an argument over frying pakodas , was caught after a 10km chase through paddy fields at Ghazipur in UP.The man, Afroz, married a woman named Shaista last year and rented a room at northwest Delhi’s Rampura near Keshavpuram. After a few months of his wedding, his mother-in-law, Fauzida, came for a visit and started staying with the family. Police said that Shaista and Afroz often had arguments over this.On the day of the incident, Shaista had cooked pakodas for the family and kept some of it for Afroz. When he returned from work in the evening, Afroz accused Shaista of serving him cold pakodas and got into an argument. When Fauzida intervened, Afroz picked up a knife and stabbed her a few times. When Shaista tried to stop him, he stabbed her as well and fled.“A team led by SHO Keshavpuram was formed to track him down. During this, he kept shifting his location between UP, Delhi and Mumbai. He was traced to Ghazipur, where he was working as a labourer,” said Aslam Khan, DCP (northwest).When the cops asked Afroz to surrender, he tried to flee through a paddy field, shouting that the village has been attacked. A mob started chasing after the cops. However, after running 10 kilometres, cops caught up with him. The villagers stopped when they learnt of his identity. A case of murder has been registered against him.