Nagpur, Dec 10 (PTI) A 17-year-old youth allegedly killed the grandmother and younger brother of a woman who had broken up with him in Hajaripahad area of Nagpur city on Thursday afternoon, the police said.

The accused, who has a criminal background, befriended the 20-year-old woman on Instagram in November last year, police said.

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Soon they began to meet each other.

However, the woman's family asked her not to have any relationship with him, following which she stopped talking to him.

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On Thursday afternoon, the accused arrived at her house with a knife and attacked the woman's 70-year-old grandmother and 10-year-old brother.

Both were rushed to a hospital where doctors declared them brought dead.

The youth was arrested for murder and further probe is on, police said.

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