Couple shot at over previous enmity in Tirunelveli district

A couple was shot at with a country-made pistol and seriously injured following a quarrel at a wedding in a village in this district, police said today.

Another man, a relative of the couple was also injured when he was hacked by the assailants, yesterday at Kumarapudukudiyiruppu near Valliyur.

A quarrel broke out when the couple had gone to attend the wedding of a girl, with whom their son had a love affair.

Later, two relatives of the girl followed them and hacked one person and opened fire at the couple with a country-made pistol, they said adding all three were admitted to a hospital late last night.
 

There was previous enemity between two families owing to the love affair, police said.

A case has been registered and a search is on for three persons, they added.