Hyderabad: A realtor, Syed Mustafa, was allegedly shot at and injured by his close friend and employer Zubair Hussain on Friday night. Mustafa is recovering in a city hospital.
Zubair is the son of Mr Shanawaz Hussain, whose houses in Enginebowli were raided by the income-tax department a week ago. According to sources, Mr Hussain is a close associate of a city-based politician
The Mailardevpally police suspects that Zubair and his aides were under the impression that Mustafa, who is in his mid-twenties, had tipped off the I-T department about their financial transactions which had resulted in the sudden raids.
“We can get clarity only after Mustafa regains consciousness,” said Mr P. Ashok, ACP Rajendranagar.
Police found that the weapon used in the firing belonged to Zubair, a resident of Falaknuma, and is now verifying from where he had procured the weapon.
On Friday midnight, Zubair went to Mustafa’s residence at King’s Colony in Mailardevpally and picked up an argument.
The Police said residents woke up to gunshots and when they rushed out, Zubair was helping Mustafa enter in his car and drove away.
