Hyderabad : A week after a garments businessman was stabbed to death in Hafeez Baba Nagar, Kanchanbagh police arrested six accused and said the murder was the result of a rental dispute in which the victim had backed his uncle against the property’s owner.
Following a detailed probe, police arrested Aman Qureshi (35), Khaled Bin Abdus Samad Bayeesa Al Amoudi (34), Jaffar Bin Hawail (36), Mohammed ShafiUllah Qureshi (39), Mohammed Ali Abrar (21) and Dasthagir Mohiuddin Ahmed alias Imran (20), all residents of Hafeez Baba Nagar and nearby areas.
Police said Almoodi allegedly conspired with Aman Qureshi, a schoolmate of Omer who already had differences with him, to eliminate the businessman. After the murder, Qureshi and Khaled burnt their bloodstained clothes at a secluded location in Mallapur, according to police. Two others, including the alleged mastermind Abdul Khader Ahmed Batawil Almoodi and his associate Muzammil, are absconding. Investigators alleged that Almoodi promised Qureshi a substantial amount of money to carry out the murder, following which others were roped into the conspiracy. They allegedly disposed of the knife and the victim’s mobile phone near Pahadi Shareef before taking shelter at a place of worship. “They dumped the knife and the victim’s phone near Pahadi Shareef and took shelter at a worship place there. Police recovered a knife, five mobile phones and four two-wheelers from the accused. The arrested men were produced before a court and remanded to judicial custody.
our team arrested them on Wednesday night,” the DCP said While they were planning to escape to Kadapa.
Based on a complaint lodged by the victim’s father, Syed Rafeeq (60), Kanchanbagh police registered a murder case and launched an investigation.