DHANBAD, April 24 -- A 56-year-old man was allegedly stabbed to death on Wednesday night in Jharkhand's Giridih district, with police suspecting trade rivalry linked to a long-standing stone mining dispute as the motive behind the murder, people familiar with the development said.

The incident took place near Kheredih village under the jurisdiction of Dhanwar police station, where an old dispute between two parties reportedly escalated into a violent clash. The deceased has been identified as Rafiq Ansari (56), a resident of the same village. According to local sources, tensions had been brewing between Rafiq Ansari and the accused, Jiyal Ansari, over stone quarry-related business interests for quite some time.

Police said the situation...