India, April 17 -- A 53-year-old man who had served over 27 years in jail for two previous murders was taken into custody late Wednesday night for allegedly stabbing his 27-year-old sister to death during a quarrel over alcohol in Ghaziabad's Loni area, police said.

The incident took place around 8.30pm at the family's residence in the Gauri Patti locality. The suspect, identified as Mohammad Iliyaas, alias Kalu, allegedly attacked his sister, identified by the police as Afsaar, with a pair of scissors after she tried to stop him from stepping out to buy liquor.

"The suspect had taken Rs.1,000 from his mother and was trying to go out to get bottles of liquor. His sister objected and tried to stop him. Enraged, he picked up scissors and ...