Hyderabad, March 17: In a major robbery, unidentified assailants looted approximately Rs 1 crore from two individuals after attacking them with chilli powder in the Kukatpally area of Hyderabad.
The incident occurred late on Monday night in Kukatpally, under the jurisdiction of the Cyberabad Police Commissionerate. According to police, four men on two motorcycles intercepted two individuals carrying cash and threw chilli powder into their eyes before fleeing with the money.
Police have formed four special teams to track down the perpetrators and recover the stolen amount.
Officials suspect that the cash involved in the incident may be linked to a hawala transaction.
The individuals carrying the cash were identified as Khusro and Azeemuddin, residents of the Bahadurpura area in the city.
They were transporting the suspected hawala money from Kukatpally to Jeedimetla.
There was reportedly a hawala transaction taking place in an apartment near the Kukatpally Police Station. Police are investigating to identify those who handed over the cash to the two individuals and who the intended recipient was.
Meanwhile, four suspects were reportedly apprehended at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad while attempting to flee to Lucknow.
Police reportedly tracked the accused using CCTV footage.
The Cyberabad Police are likely to hold a press conference later in the day to announce a breakthrough in the case.
Meanwhile, the Cyberabad Police have arrested the accused in the sexual assault and murder of a minor girl.
A four-year-old girl, who had gone missing on Sunday afternoon, was found dead at a construction site in the limits of the Narsingi Police Station on Monday.
There are many labour camps in Narsingi, where migrant workers from various states, who are involved in different jobs in the construction field, are staying. The workers go to work, leaving their children in their labour camps. On Sunday, a man lodged a complaint with the police that his daughter had gone missing.
Police took up the investigation and arrested Biswa Oraw alias Bishu, 25, a construction worker from West Bengal. According to police, he confessed to sexually assaulting the girl and later bludgeoning her to death.