Palghar, March 4 A 52-year-old man was arrested in the Yavatmal district of Maharashtra, several days after he allegedly fired at the father of a grocer over a dispute involving a love marriage and the victim's son, police said on Wednesday.
"The accused, identified as Umesh alias Pralhad Gharat, had entered Pritesh Warkhande's house in Palghar in the early hours of February 23 and fired at his father," said Superintendent of Police Yatish Deshmukh.
The dispute arose from Pritesh's marriage to a girl who had been raised by Gharat since childhood.
"Gharat was against the marriage. After firing, the accused assaulted Pritesh and his wife and threw chilli powder," Deshmukh said.
A case was registered at the Boisar police station in Palghar under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, and the Arms Act, he said.
"Despite no immediate leads, our teams used technical analysis and confidential information to trace and arrest the absconding accused from the Varni police station limits in Yavatmal district on March 1," Deshmukh added.
Further investigation is underway.
