Hyderabad: A car chase from the Hollywood film Fast and Furious gave the idea to car driver Raheem to drive down the wrong side of a one-way road from Paradise junction till Ramgopalpet police station to escape cops after the gang killed techie Sanjay Junge on Thursday.
The police arrested four persons on Saturday who were involved in the murder of Sanjay Junge and a person who sheltered them. Police said the accused were carrying daggers due to a fight Mubashiruddin had with another person over a love affair.
DCP N. Prakash Reddy said the persons involved in the murder were Syed Salman, 18, Syed Mubashiruddin, 22, who was earlier an accused in a rape case, Md Musharaf, 19, and Syed Abdul Raheem Quizar Yaqoobi, 18, and their friend Syed Rizwan, 22, who sheltered them after the murder.
Police found that on Thursday morning, after the four offered a lift to Sanjay, an argument broke out between Sanjay and others. The argument heated up and Sanjay being older, demanded that they talk to him with respect, which infuriated them.
The quarrel continued from Punjagutta to Swapnalok complex, a distance of around nine km, which they covered in just 12 minutes. “After they dropped Sanjay at Swapnalok complex, when he started abusing them, they lost control and Mubashiruddin stabbed Sanjay twice killing him on the spot,” the DCP said.
The gang then fled to old city in 20 minutes through bylanes. While escaping, when his friends asked Raheem who was driving, why he took the wrong direction, he said that he would show them Fast and Furious.
“We chased them till Tank Bund. They escaped as they avoided main roads till they reached their hideout in Yakutpura,” the DCP added. Based on clues, the police nabbed the four from Rizwan’s house in Mehdipatnam. Police also seized the car and the two daggers used by the gang and two bikes and four mobiles. The accused were sent to judicial custody.
