A retired police officer accidentally misfired a pistol at the funeral of his father and killed a 63-year-old man at Dharangaon in Jalgaon district. Vitthol Mehekar, 65, and his son Dipesh, 24, who had fired the first two rounds in the air, were arrested and sent to 14-day judicial custody on Sunday.

The incident took place on Saturday during the funeral of Mehekar's father Shravan, 80. Dipesh fired two rounds in the air after which the pistol got stuck. He handed the pistol over to his father who accidentally misfired it while checking it. The bullet hit Tukaram Badgujar in the chest and he died on the spot.