Police bust 6-member supari gang

​Hyderabad: The Special Operations Team, Shamshabad Zone police busted a six-member supari gang and seized two country-made pistols and four rounds of live ammunition at Rajendranagar on Monday. 

The arrested persons include Sardar Jithender Singh (42) a resident of Rajendra Nagar, Mohd Jaber (33) a resident of Chandrayangutta, Abdul Azgar, a resident of Mailardevpally, Shaik Wahed Ali (25) a resident of Upperpally, Mohd Ibrahim (45) a resident of Moulali, Mohd Sayyed (34) a resident of Ashamabad. 

According to police, all the accused were involved in several crimes including murder. In 2016, Sardar Jithender Singh, Md Jaber, Abdul Azger, Wahed Ali and others had made an agreement with one Ravinder Reddy to assassinate Gopala Krishna, who was a resident of Moulali, for Rs 10 lakh.

The accused persons purchased three country-made pistols from Burhanpur of Madhya Pradesh, and killed their target Gopala Krishna in November 2016. Later, they were arrested by Kushaiguda police but recovered only one pistol as per their confession.

Acting on the credible information, SOT Shamshabad Zone along with Rajendranagar police arrested the accused persons on Sunday evening and based on their confession the police recovered weapons on Monday. A case has been registered under the Arms Act, 1959, police said.