Dehradun police claimed to have arrested the minor accused of murder three days after he escaped from the juvenile home in Dehradun. The resident of Nakraunda (Doiwala) was apprehended on Wednesday morning from Harrawala and was sent back to the juvenile home, located at Kedarpuram on the same day. The minor had escaped from the juvenile home on Sunday morning. He is accused of having murdered his mother in June this year. In course of interrogation the minor revealed that he had escaped from the juvenile home to meet his family members. However, he could not meet his family members for fear of being apprehended by police. He roamed here and there in the forest area, near his house in Nakraunda. He was arrested about half a kilometre away in the forest from his house on Wednesday morning. “He had spent 3 days in forest eating fruits,” said R Rana, SI, Nehru Colony Police Station.The minor had allegedly killed his mother Sunita Rawat on the night of June 26. When the incident had come to light, his father ex- soldier Jagdish Rawat had booked a case against unidentified persons in the Doiwala police station.