The 25-year-old man, named as Ravi, shot the woman, her new husband and her landlady in one location on Monday morning before travelling to a suburb to kill her father and sister, the Press Trust of India news agency reported.
Ravi, who had allegedly continued his relationship with his ex-girlfriend even after her marriage over a year ago, was unhappy with her family who had prevented him from marrying her, a senior police official was quoted as saying.
Parents in India often choose husbands or wives for their children, although the trend for "love marriages" has grown during the country's economic transformation.
The Times of India said Ravi was armed with an automatic pistol and another improvised firearm. As gun licences are difficult to obtain in India, there is a flourishing market for weapons illegally manufactured in backstreet workshops. Guns are increasingly seen here as a status symbol. A police spokesman was not immediately available for comment.
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@casim: "No it was an attack by ISI operative as everything in India is caused by ISI, maybe the massive blackout too :)" i'm waiting for a report,the report which will be published sooner or later.guess what report i'm talking about? no idea,let me help then,the recent airbase attack investigation report,and guess who will blamed for it?
@yen: what? you comment like bin laden was caught in India? nope,he's talking like it was the work of Indian agents, who deliberately hid bin laden in Pakistan just to shame Pakistan in front of the whole world.
@casim: what? you comment like bin laden was caught in India?
Epidemic from USA....
@Khan101: yeah i was surprised too! so thought of taking the blame myself this time :)
@yen: well that's how your Indian Government acts like, can't stand the sight of the mirror? :)
@casim: untill now they didn't blame ISI ?????????????????? I don't belive it......
@casim: stop acting like an innocent little girl
No it was an attack by ISI operative as everything in India is caused by ISI, maybe the massive blackout too :)