Police crack firing on bank CEO case
Manmath Dalai was shot at allegedly by Raheem on December 18 at his house in Masab Tank area here during a robbery attempt. Armed with a country-made revolver, Raheem demanded money from the victim and during exchange of words, the accused fired two shots with one of the bullets hitting Dalai’s thigh.
Hyderabad: The sleuths of Commissioner’s Task Force and West Zone Police solved the mystery of attack on Manmath Dalai, CEO of KBS Bank that took place on December 18 and arrested two men. One country-made pistol, 12 live rounds, one Honda Activa bike and two cell phones were seized from their possession.
Manmath Dalai was shot at allegedly by Raheem on December 18 at his house in Masab Tank area here during a robbery attempt. Armed with a country-made revolver, Raheem demanded money from the victim and during exchange of words, the accused fired two shots with one of the bullets hitting Dalai’s thigh.
Following rumours that higher officials in banks were getting benefitted by indulging in exchange of old notes with new ones after demonetisation, two of the accused possessing fire arms decided to target Manmath Dalai who was residing at Shanti Nagar, Masab Tank.
They felt that the bank official was keeping huge stock of new currency notes at his residence and they could easily rob him at gunpoint. According to police officials, Shaik Abdul Raheem, 30, a cook and resident of Rajendra Nagar and native of Nellore district, along with Erva Naresh, 23, a tea master in IBM Company and native of Mahbubnagar, conspired to rob the bank official. While Naresh dropped the prime accused near the apartment of the victim at Shanti Nagar in Masab Tank, Raheem entered the apartment citing false reference to the watchman.
After a failed attempt, Abdul Raheem, fearing arrest, left for Koyyalagudem and from there to Madurai in Tamil Nadu and also visited Tiruchi and other places. “The Task Force teams and the West Zone Police took this as challenge and travelled across four States and tracked the accused, after taking a cue from the vehicle number and CCTV footage,” said M Mahender Reddy, City Police Commissioner.
