Meerut, Sept. 10 -- : A minor altercation over a bidi turned deadly when a 53-year-old man was stabbed multiple times with a spade late Monday night in the Thiriya Nijawat Khan area under the Cantt police station jurisdiction of Bareilly district. The accused attacked the victim after a heated exchange and fled the scene but was arrested shortly thereafter.

The deceased has been identified as Abdul Hamid.

According to police, Hamid, a resident of Udla Jagir village in the Bithri Chainpur police station area, worked for a building material shop in Thiriya Nijawat Khan and transported sand and gravel.

On the night of the incident, Hamid and his son Nadeem had just delivered sand at a nearby house and returned to the shop.

While Nadeem e...