Beed (Maharashtra), Aug 23 (PTI) A man allegedly shot at his grandfather, uncle and aunt after they opposed his relationship with his cousin in Maharashtra’s Beed district, police said on Sunday.
The grandfather suffered serious injuries in the incident, which occurred on Friday evening at Khodwa Sawargaon Tanda village in Parli Vaijnath tehsil.
The accused was later apprehended, they said.
According to the police, the accused and his cousin sister had eloped a couple of years ago. A case was registered against him in October 2025.
Following an investigation, the police traced the duo living together and later handed the woman back to her parents in November last year.
She later chose not to return to the accused, and family members counselled both sides that marriage was not permissible since they were first cousins. The woman was then sent to live with her brother in Pune.
Angered by the separation, the accused had previously issued death threats to the family, prompting multiple police complaints.
On Friday, while the woman’s parents and grandfather were sitting outside their home, the accused arrived there with a firearm.
The family rushed inside and locked the door. The enraged youth fired two rounds at the wooden door, shattering it. As his grandfather tried to intervene, a bullet grazed his left eye, causing severe bleeding, a police official said.
The accused then threatened to eliminate the entire family before fleeing.
After being alerted, police rushed to the spot, registered a case and apprehended the accused, the official added. PTI COR GK
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