Ludhiana, June 16 -- A 31-year-old man was stabbed to death following a dispute over a mobile phone in the Dhillon Nagar area on Monday, police said.

The accused has been arrested and a murder case has been registered against him, police said.

The deceased was identified as Karanjit Singh, 31, a resident of Basant Nagar in Lohara.

The accused, identified as Arjun, was arrested shortly after the incident, police said.

According to the police, Karanjit and his cousin, Gurinder Singh, were travelling on a motorcycle on Monday afternoon when they met Arjun, who was known to them. During the interaction, an argument allegedly broke out between Karanjit and the accused over a mobile phone.

Police said the verbal altercation soon escalated ...