Neighboring districts also experienced a sharp dip, with Zahirabad and Bibipet in Kamareddy recording a minimum temperature of 12.1 degrees Celsius, the lowest in the region
BHEL Factory followed closely, recording 15.6 degrees Celsius. Other areas in the city also witnessed a drop in temperature, with Quthbullapur logging 16.4 degrees Celsius and West Maredpally 16.7 degrees Celsius.
Having dropped below the 20 degree Celsius mark, the mercury during the night time has touched to drop further to 17 degree Celsius in some parts of the city, particularly the suburbs.
Basant was born during the Tsunami calamity in the year 2004 in National Zoological Park, New Delhi, and was brought to Nehru Zoological Park, Hyderabad as part of animal exchange programme in 2009.
The suspect, Dawankar Sai Varshith (19), a resident of Kismathpur in Rajendranagar, was having family disputes with Venu Babu and decided to eliminate him.
The arrested, Mudavath Pandu (36) and Mudavath Sevya (23), both natives of Nagarkurnool, on July 16 snatched away a gold chain from a woman at Budvel bus stop.