A 50-year-old man was arrested Saturday for allegedly killing his brother in Odisha’s Kendrapara district during a fight over a trivial matter, police said.

Ranjan Sahoo, a native of Badagabapur village in the Mahakalapada police station area, slit his brother Gagan’s throat September 24, they said.

Gagan died September 26 while undergoing treatment at the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack, they added.

The accused was remanded to judicial custody as a court rejected his bail plea.

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