Man held for stabbing to death elderly person in Palghar

Palghar, Jun 19 (PTI) Police have arrested a man for allegedly killing a 64-year-old person following a dispute between them in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, an official said on Thursday.

The incident took place on the intervening night of Tuesday-Wednesday when the two along with some of their friends were consuming liquor in Kasa village.

The 35-year-old accused and the victim had a dispute over some issue. The accused then allegedly pulled out a knife and stabbed the victim to death, Kasa police inspector Avinash Mandale said.

The police rushed to the spot after being alerted and sent the body to a government hospital for postmortem.

The accused was arrested on Wednesday and booked under section 103(1) (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the official said. PTI COR GK

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