BENGALURU: The trail of Ahmedabad resident

Jinaraj, who allegedly strangled his wife to death, had gone cold for 15 years. He changed his name, landed a job at

in Bengaluru, married again and fathered two children, but one phone call to his mother’s cellphone from his office

proved to be his undoing.

Within no time, police were knocking on the doors of Oracle executive

aka Tarun Kumar earlier this week. He was arrested and taken back to Gujarat.

Tarun had on February 14, 2003 allegedly strangled his wife Sajni Jinaraj, 26, a bank executive, at their apartment in Bopal, Ahmedabad, but claimed the death was the result of a dacoity gone awry. By the time police could see through the plot, Tarun had escaped. The case which made headlines in Gujarat was closed after police weren’t able to track him down.

Special police commissioner, Ahmedabad crime branch, JK Bhatt, said Tarun, who had killed Sajni to unite with his lover in vain, had forged a new identity. “While on the run, Tarun remarried a woman named Nisha in Pune and is the father of two boys,” Bhatt said. He moved to Bengaluru where he began working for Oracle six years ago. He drew a salary of Rs 22 lakh per annum and was leading a happy life in BTM Layout II Stage.

Police said Tarun maintained a low profile and usually worked night shifts. He did not mingle much with other employees. He donned a goatie and nobody could smell a rat in the cloak of respectability he wore as he had forged all the requisite documents, they added.

Tarun got in touch with his mother and got her to use a new sim card while speaking to him. However, police came to know of this exclusivity. The breakthrough came when Tarun made the mistake of calling his mother on her mobile from his office landline recently.