Thane, Oct 11 (PTI) Police have arrested a man for allegedly strangulating his 25-year-old friend to death after a quarrel in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Wednesday.

The incident took place on the intervening night of Monday-Tuesday in Kolsewadi area of Kalyan town when the two friends, who used to collect scrap, were consuming liquor near a building, they said.

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They had a quarrel following which the 28-year-old accused allegedly strangulated his friend with a wire rope, an official from Kolsewadi police station said.

The police were alerted after the body was spotted on Tuesday morning, he said.

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After getting information, the police rushed to the spot and sent the body to a government hospital in Kalyan for post-mortem, the official said.

The accused was arrested on Tuesday and booked under Indian Penal Code section 302 (murder), the police said.

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