Senior inspector Vilas Kadam said Waghe had had frequent quarrels with his father-in-law, Buva Konde (40), over domestic issues, including his alcoholism.
During a quarrel on Saturday, he smashed the victim’s head with a large stone and fled the scene.
Neighbours alerted the Bhiwandi taluka police, who sent the body for post-mortem to a government hospital and initiated a probe, he said. PTI COR ARU