Jalgaon, July 11 -- A hotel owner was seriously injured in a fire incident in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra.

An unidentified assailant shot hotelier Pramod Shriram Baviskar at Chincholi Phata in Yawal taluka yesterday night. Baviskar was subsequently admitted to a private hospital.

According to Yawal police, the victim owns a hotel called Chincholi Phata. Last night, when he closed the hotel at 9:30 pm, he was sitting in a car with his friend Ratan Wankhede.

While the car was reversing, at that time two youths on a two-wheeler approached him. One of them demanded beer from Pramod. Pramod said that the hotel was closed and that beer would be available in Kingaon village.

Meanwhile, another young man got angry and fired two bullets at P...