A 30-year-old man was arrested for allegedly bludgeoning to death a 13-year-old relative in Dombivli in Thane district, police said on Friday.

Mayuresh Saplinga, a rickshaw driver, as well as the victim's parents and another relative live in the same home, and the murder took place due to some domestic dispute that is being probed, said Inspector Shamsher Tadvi of Dombivali police station.