Ludhiana, Sept. 23 -- Police on Wednesday arrested a pick-up vehicle driver from Barnala for stabbing to death his 30-year-old female friend following an argument over a Rs.10,000 debt. Mani Rani was stabbed multiple times inside the accused's vehicle before her body was dumped in a vacant plot near Lalton Bus Stand on Pakhowal Road on Saturday (September 19), police said.

According to police, the accused, Pappu Sharma, in his late 20s and also from Barnala, was friends with the victim. Mani had borrowed Rs.10,000 from Sharma a few months ago but had not returned the money despite his repeated demands, the investigators said.

Inspector Jagdev Singh Dhaliwal, station house officer (SHO) of Sadar police station, said, "Sharma was schedule...