Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao made a statement on the KBR Park firing incident once again in the House on Friday and confirmed that the culprit is Obulesh.
Explaining the incident in the House, KCR said Obulesh reportedly opened fire when Arabindo Pharma vice-chairman Nithyananda Reddy pushed the culprit away. A case was filed at Banjara Hills Police Station on the same day and the police identified the culprit within hours and initiated steps to take him into custody, he said.
The Chief Minister said the police arrested the culprit in Kurnool and identified him as Obulesh, who belongs to Porumamilla village in Kadapa district. Obulesh, who earlier worked at Kurnool and later joined Greyhounds, opened fire with the stolen AK 47, he said, adding the police gathered important information through CCTV footage.
Making it clear that the Government would maintain law and order in Hyderabad city, the Chief Minister said it was decided to install CC cameras across the city. The government is establishing international police system in Hyderabad at a cost of Rs 150 crores, he said and urged the people to cooperate with the police as the latter chased several cases with CC cameras. The Government will take steps to see that the culprit will be punished; he said and assured the House that the Government will provide protection to the workers, employees, industrialists and people.
On the other hand, it is learnt that the police came to know several important facts during interrogation of Obulesh. It is further learnt that Obulesh extorted money threatening one celebrity. Obulesh tried to run away from Hyderabad to reach Bengaluru and he hid AK 47 in Orvakal in Kurnool district.
Obulesh hid AK 47 in his jacket when the Greyhounds officials recovered the armory. According to reports, KBR Park incident is second one by Obulesh. The police are interrogating Obulesh while roaming in the Hyderabad city in a Sumo. (NSS)