Mumbai: A 53-year-old man was stabbed to death in Bhandup over previous enmity, police said.The Bhandup police registered a murder case and searched for the accused.According to a complaint filed by Ajay Nivalekar, 31, a resident of Rabale in Navi Mumbai, the deceased was identified as his father Balkrishna Nivalekar.Ajay lived separately with his wife due to space constraints and his father’s alleged alcohol addiction. He spoke to his father over the phone on the morning of Thursday.At around 12.15 pm, Ajay allegedly received a call from his friend Niranjan Modale, who informed him that his father was stabbed by a man identified as Sadashiv Kamble, a local, and was lying injured in his room.Ajay rushed to Ramabai Nagar with his wife after he was told that his father was attacked. On reaching the spot, he was informed by his friends Niranjan Modale, Nikhil Jadhav and Tanmay Rane that Kamble, a resident of Siddharth Chawl in the same locality, allegedly attacked his father.When Ajay entered the room, he allegedly found his father lying in a pool of blood with a knife injury on his neck. Police personnel present at the scene shifted the victim to Agarwal Hospital in Mulund, where doctors declared him dead before admission.Based on the complaint, Bhandup Police registered a murder case against Sadashiv Kamble. Police said the prima facie motive behind the attack was previous enmity, but it was yet to be ascertained. Further investigation is underway.
