Thane, May 28 (PTI) A 65-year-old man has been killed allegedly by a waiter at a hotel in Maharashtra's Thane city, police said on Sunday.

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The incident took place on Saturday at the hotel located in Jambli Naka area where the man, identified as Karabai Rambhai Suva, had taken a room on rent, a police spokesperson said, adding the motive behind the killing was not yet known.

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The accused allegedly attacked the victim with a sharp weapon on his face and neck and then fled, the official said.

The victim's body was found lying in a pool of blood in the room following which the hotel staff alerted the police, he said.

The body was later sent to a government hospital for postmortem and a case was registered against the waiter under section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code, the official said.

Efforts were on to trace the accused, he added.

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