HYDERABAD/Nagpur: Two policemen were killed while three others including a Circle Inspector and a Home Guard suffered bullet injuries after two armed assailants opened fire on them during vehicle checking in Nalgonda district of Telangana in the wee hours today, police said.
The incident occurred at around 12.30 AM at a bus stand in Suryapet town when a police team, led by CI Moghalaiah was carrying out checking of buses, they said.
The assailants, while on the run also fired at some cars soon after the incident and injured a Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituency (MPTC) member Dorababu who suffered bullet injuries on his shoulder, Telangana Director General of Police Anurag Sharma said.
The offenders are suspected to be from Uttar Pradesh or Bihar as country-made weapons normally used in offences in northern India were used in this attack, the top police officer said adding the details would, however, be clear only after completion of investigation.
A state-level checking of buses had been intensified following information that some offenders from other states were indulged in robberies in buses and other places, the Telangana Police Chief who visited the scene of offence told reporters.
“Based on that input, the CI with four policemen were carrying out checking of buses in Suryapet town. On suspicion, police asked two bus passengers to get down and started questioning them, when they suddenly attacked the cops and began firing on them resulting in the death of Constable Lingaiah and Home Guard Mahesh on the spot,” the DGP said.
