NAGPUR: A 46-year-old man, identified as Mahesh Tiwari, was allegedly stabbed to death by one Abhinav Godbole at a makeshift hotel inside Shanichara market at Kamal Chowk on Thursday over a property dispute. Apart from Godbole, police have nabbed his accomplice Mohsin Killedar.
Hotel owner Nilesh Pillewan too has been booked for not alerting police regarding the murder.
It’s learnt Tiwari and Godbole owned adjacent properties at Manish Nagar. They also jointly owned a hotel on the two plots which were combined. Godbole wanted Tiwari to withdraw from the partnership and vacate the portion of the hotel which was erected on his plot. This was disagreed by Tiwari leading to their bitter quarrel.
A day before the murder, Godbole and Tiwari had a heated argument.
After hatching a plan, Godbole asked Killedar to bring Tiwari to Kamal Chowk area. Killedar, along with a woman employee, had gone to bring Tiwari from his residence in Ganeshpeth. After dropping the woman en route, Killedar took Tiwari to Kamal Chowk where they were joined by Godbole. It was during heated exchange at the makeshift hotel, Godbole first struck Tiwari on his head with a liquor bottle then stabbed him with a kitchen knife.
Tiwari collapsed in a pool of blood and breathed his last.
Pachpaoli police later took Godbole and Killedar into custody. Both had been named in murder cases earlier too.