No need to bow down to pressure tactics
on grandfather demise your grand mother , mother and brother are legal heirs
3) they all have equal share in property standing in name of deceased grand father
4) your mother can file suit for partition for division of various properties standing in grand father name
5) also seek injunction restraining sale of properties by her brother
6) suit for partition would take 15 years or so to be disposed of
7) if brother threatens her file police complaint of criminal intimidation under section 506 of IPC against him
8) mention that court case is pending and yet brother threatens your family . Record all his threats