By Mohammed Siddique, TwoCircles.net,
Hyderabad: In what is being suspected to be a terror attack, one home guard was killed and a head constable was seriously injured when unknown motor cycle riders opened fire at a police picket in the old city of Hyderabad today.
The attack, coinciding with the second anniversary of the bomb blast in Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad killing six people, sent waves of shock and tension through the city. The city police commission B Prasad Rao said that Home Guard Bala Swamy died on his way to the hospital as he was hit in the head.
The seriously wounded head constable Rajinder was admitted to the care hospital where his condition was critical.
The Hyderabad city police commissionor B Prasad Rao said that home guard Bala Swamy was killed and head constable Rajinder was seriously injured. “Two unknown persons came on a motor cycle and opened fire at the two policemen standing at the Falaknuma bus stand”, he said.
The police were suspecting that the incident was linked to the second anniversary of the blast in historic Mecca Masjid in which six people were killed. Subsequent police firing had also claimed 9 lives.
The incident occurred between around 4 pm and a man hunt was launched to nab them. The situation, which was already tense in the old city on account of second anniversary of the blast in Masjid, turned grim and people in some areas shut the shops fearing the trouble.
The policemen belong to the Falaknuma police station.
The blast had occurred on May 18, 2007 during the Friday congregation killing six people. Another 9 persons died when the police opened fire at the people protesting against the blast in the old city.