HYDERABAD: Seven persons, including a juvenile, were nabbed by Mailardevpally police in connection with the daylight murder of Asad Khan, a realtor and murder accused, two days ago.
Deputy commissioner of police (Shamshabad) N Prakash Reddy said Yaseen Khan, Mohammed Adnan, Abdul Ali, Mohammed Mahaboob, Mohammed Saddam, Mohammed Shoaib and the juvenile in conflict with law were arrested. Asad Khan died after he was attacked with knives and sickles allegedly by the accused. Police confirmed that Asad’s murder was a revenge killing by the son of Amjad Khan, who was murdered allegedly by Asad in 2018. “In 2018, Asad and a few others allegedly killed Amjad, who was the father of Yaseen. Yaseen since then bore a grudge and decided to kill Asad. Yaseen discussed with other accused and, as per plan, killed Asad,’’ he said.
Yaseen and others had planned to execute the murder on Wednesday itself, but they dropped the plan since there were several persons on the road. On Thursday, the accused killed Asad at Vattepally. Police said the accused, who were in an auto, rammed the bike on which Asad and his cousin, Nazer, were travelling. Both fell off the bike. The accused jumped out of the auto and launched an attack on the victim with weapons. He died on the spot. Nazer too suffered a knife injury, but escaped.
At the time of the murder, Nazer heard the name of Yaseen being used by the other accused. Based on the information given by him, Yaseen turned out to be the prime suspect. Police said they seized the weapons used by the accused. They were booked under sections of IPC.