Hyderabad, April 10: City police on Friday achieved breakthrough in the investigation into the three murders committed during the communal riots in old city.
Three youths allegedly responsible for killing two persons and stabbing an A.P.S.P. constable near Shahalibanda were arrested by the Special Investigation Team of Hyderabad Detective Department in a joint operation with the Commissioner’s Task Force sleuths.
The accused Javed, Wasif and Atif joined a mob and were moving near Volga hotel on the Shahalibanda road on March 29. They came across a bank’s van in which the victim, his colleague, a security guard and driver were travelling.
The mob let off the van convinced by the driver’s explanation. But, on reaching Rajesh Medical Hall, the police reportedly asked the driver to back off as trouble was brewing all over.
“The driver returned to the Shahalibanda road only to be intercepted by the violent youth, who saw other men inside the van, and started attacking them,” an investigator said.
The victim was then stabbed indiscriminately. Police found that the same accused and their associates attacked a gardener, returning home on his bike, with knives. He succumbed to injuries in Osmania General Hospital later. The same gang also chased three constables of A.P.S.P., who were in plainclothes, and stabbed one of them while the other two managed to escape.
On a tip-off, four more persons were detained for questioning in connection with the murder of a salesman at Tappachabutra on March 30.
The victim, a resident of Aramghar in Rajendranagar, was going home on his bike along with his brother-in-law, Ravinder Pawar, when they came face to face with a mob. Minutes before, some members of the mob indulged in stone pelting at Sattenagalli and ran into lanes for cover as police chased them. They regrouped near MESCO college and lunged at the duo.
Both fell off the two-wheeler. The mob later smashed the victim’s head with boulders even before he could rise, while his relative managed to escape. The detained persons were identified as Sattar, Feroz, Mazar and Kamra.
-Agencies