A 35-year-old man was stabbed to death allegedly by his elder brother near Infosity at Patia under the Infosity police station on Monday due to business rivalry.
Sources said deceased Artabandhu Behera (35), a resident of Sundar village under the Astarang police station in Puri district, was staying at Sisu Vihar in the Kanan Vihar area at Patia along with his brother Kruttibash Behera (45) and both the brothers were running a chicken centre near Infocity.
On Monday morning, tension erupted between the brothers in the chicken shop as Artabandhu misused the business money. Artabndhu too threatened his brother of dire consequences. An irate Kruttibash began attacking Artabandhu with a knife used for chicken cutting and the latter started running on the road with Kruttibash chasing him. Artabandhu was rushed to a nearby private hospital when he succumbed to his injuries on the way.
Meanwhile, the Infocity police started investigation with a scientific team and arrested Kruttibash on the charge of murder.Sources said Artabandhu was doing chicken wholesaling but misusing the money and creating nuisances in family, for which the whole family was unhappy with him.