Thane, Oct 8 (PTI) A 29-year-old man was allegedly stabbed to death by his friend over a dispute about money in Kalyan of Maharashtra's Thane district on Saturday, police said.

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The incident took place in the afternoon when the victim Bipin Shailendrakumar Dubey was found dead at his friend's house, an official of Kolshewadi police station said.

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A case under section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code has been registered and a hunt had been launched for the absconding accused, he said.

The victim had left home for work around 8.30 am and his brother received a call in the afternoon that he had been found dead at Pandey's house, the official said.

The victim was found lying in a pool of blood with multiple stab wounds and a finger of his right hand had been chopped off, he said.

A preliminary probe has revealed that there was a dispute between the victim and the accused over some monetary transaction, the official said, adding that further probe was underway.

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