Thane, May 18 (PTI) A 25-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly killing his father-in-law following a quarrel in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Sunday.

The police arrested Roopesh Waghe for the incident that occurred in the Mitpada locality in Bhiwandi on Saturday, an official said.

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Senior inspector Vilas Kadam said Waghe had had frequent quarrels with his father-in-law, Buva Konde (40), over domestic issues, including his alcoholism.

During a quarrel on Saturday, he smashed the victim's head with a large stone and fled the scene.

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Neighbours alerted the Bhiwandi taluka police, who sent the body for post-mortem to a government hospital and initiated a probe, he said.

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