Madhya Pradesh Man Fires At "Enemy" Neighbours Visiting To Mourn His Grandson's Death

The accused has escaped after the incident and a search has been launched to arrest him, police said.

Six persons were injured after a 60-year-old man allegedly fired at them when they went to his place at a village in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior district to mourn the death of his grandson, police said on Saturday. The incident occurred on Friday at Bandholi village, around 30 km from the district headquarters, police said, adding that the injured persons are the neighbours of accused Parmal Singh Parihar, with whom he was not getting along well. Parihar has escaped after the incident and a search has been launched to arrest him, they said. "Parihar's grandson Sahil drowned in a lake on Friday. After his body was brought home, people living in the neighbourhood visited Parihar's house to mourn his death. Some of them included those with whom he was not getting along well," Utila police station inspector Surjit Singh Parmar told PTI.