A 27-year-old villager from Murbad here has been arrested for allegedly shooting his cousin dead and later disposing of the body in a nullah, police said today PI Ashok Amble of Murbad police station told PTI that accused Nitesh Mhatre was arrested last night after he shot his kin Rajendra alias Nazeeb Anant Kalan (23) from point blank range on the night of February 11 over a land dispute.

Mhatre was arrested last night after Rajendra's body was recovered from a drain in Murbad following which the hunt for the killer began, he said.