Afzalgunj firing: Hyderabad police traces auto driver, hunt for suspects intensifies

The police are questioning the auto rickshaw driver in an effort to gather descriptive details about the suspects and any conversation he may have overheard between them. Authorities believe these clues could assist in locating the suspects.

Hyderabad: The city police have traced down the auto rickshaw driver who had dropped the duo that fired and injured a manager of a travel agency at Afzalgunj before escaping on Thursday.

The auto rickshaw driver is being questioned by the police in an attempt to gather some descriptive details about the suspects and the conversation between those two persons he might have overheard. The police believe these leads could help them in tracking down the suspects.

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The two persons who are suspected to have committed heist in Bidar in neighboring Karnataka on Thursday morning had shot dead two persons including a security guard and looted Rs. 93 lakhs.

The duo escaped after committing the heist in Bidar on a bike. They moved out of the district and abandoned the bike somewhere and took a bus to reach MGBS Hyderabad. The police during investigation found the suspects after reaching the city got down from the bus at MGBS and booked tickets at Roshan Travels at Afzalgunj for Raipur. One of them brought luggage bags and they stashed the cash in the bags.

When both the suspects got into the bus, the manager Jahangir, found cash in the bag and inquired with the suspects about it when one of the suspects pulled out a pistol and shot at him.

The duo then rushed out of the bus and fled in an auto rickshaw towards Secunderabad. The police had maintained that the auto stopped at Alpha Hotel Secunderabad and the duo got them.

Sources said the suspect did not board a train at Secunderabad and went in another auto rickshaw towards Medchal. On the way they again managed to get some new pair of clothes and bags. The police reportedly found a trolley bag at Trimulgherry and verifying whether it belonged to the suspects.

Meanwhile, the police teams have fanned out across the country to gather details and nab the suspects who are believed to be from Bihar.