Bhubaneswar: A week after 76-year-old Kunjalata Nanda was allegedly murdered at her residence in Laxmisagar area and valuables were stolen from the house, her absconding caretaker, Balabhadra Maharana (40), accused of the crime, was arrested in Gujarat on Wednesday.“We nabbed him near Surat with the assistance of Gujarat police. He is being brought to Bhubaneswar on transit remand after completion of the required legal formalities,” a senior police officer told TOI.Police said Maharana’s interrogation after his arrival in Bhubaneswar on Thursday is expected to shed light on the sequence of events leading to the murder and circumstances surrounding his escape after the crime.“We gathered certain leads during the investigation, but a detailed picture will emerge only after questioning the accused,” the officer said.Sources said Maharana, who hails from Tangi area in Khurda district, allegedly fled Odisha soon after the murder came to light on Nov 4 and reportedly travelled to Ludhiana before moving to Gujarat. He is suspected of changing his location and mobile phone numbers frequently to avoid detection.Multiple teams were tracking his movements across states through technical surveillance and other intelligence inputs, the officer said.Nanda had been living alone following the death of her husband, a retired forest officer. Her two sons, who reside in the United States and Mumbai, had hired Maharana around six months ago to look after her.