23 October,2023 09:37 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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A man allegedly stabbed to death a 29-year-old welder in Thane after the welder refused to give him money to buy alcohol.
The incident took place at around 1 am on Sunday. According to the information received by police, the victim went out of his house in Ram Nagar, near Wagle Estate to answer nature's call and met the 32-year-old accused.
The accused works as a driver and resides in Thane.
The Srinagar police station's senior inspector Kirankumar Kabadi said, "The accused, who was inebriated, asked the victim for money to buy liquor. When the victim refused, the accused allegedly stabbed him to death with a knife. The victim died on the spot."
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After being alerted, police rushed to the spot.
The police sent the body to a government hospital for post-mortem. "We recovered the blood-stained knife," the police official said.
"The accused was later arrested and booked under Indian Penal Code Section 302 (murder). He was produced before a local magistrate who remanded him in police custody till October 26," the official said.
(with inputs from PTI)