India News | Maha: Man Held for Stabbing Former Business Partner to Death in Thane

Thane, Aug 6 (PTI) A 24-year-old man was arrested on Friday for allegedly stabbing his former business partner to death over old enmity in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said.

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According to the police, the accused Ankesh Gupta allegedly stabbed Sameer Pathere to death with a knife in Mumbra area on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday.

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Gupta allegedly attacked the victim around 2.30 am and walked into the police station with the blood-stained knife at 4 am, an official said, adding that the deceased's body was sent for a post-mortem.

The accused and the victim had gone into business jointly, but later separated due to some differences, and the murder was a fallout of old enmity, he said.

A case has been registered against the accused under section 302 (murder) of the IPC, while the police are on the lookout for Gupta's accomplice.

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