A 42-year-old man was stabbed to death by a 24-year-old youth at Krishna Arcade colony late in the night on Wednesday; accused was held by Baghsewania police in the investigation.
The reason was old dispute between the two who used to live in the same area and were acquainted with each other, said police.
In the night on Wednesday Anil Shinde had a heated exchange of words with the killer identified as Hitesh Saria and the fight turned violent after Hitesh stabbed Anil with a sharp edged weapon. Anil was rushed to hospital where he was declared dead.
The sharp edged weapons used in the murder was disposed in nullah revealed the accused with the police.
After the preliminary investigation body was sent for the post mortem.