Hyderabad: The North Zone police on Tuesday arrested Dakkuri Babu, who had tried to kill local Congress leader Mr D. Yadgiri. After firing at Mr Yadgiri multiple times, Babu and his aide had escaped from the hospital where an injured Mr Yadgiri had taken shelter, on their bike. The police had acquired CCTV footage of the assault from nearby buildings, which helped identify the suspect. The victim had also given details of the assailants to the cops.
Babu gave an interview to a vernacular TV channel and the police picked him while he was in the studio. Talking to the TV reporter, Babu had claimed that he had no intention to kill Mr Yadgiri. “If I had wanted to kill him, I would have killed him much earlier. I went to meet him to take the money he owed me. I fired to threatened him, not to kill him,” said Babu.
Police suspect that Babu had another “mission” to carry out in a neighbouring state. Cops have also arrested Babu’s associate Suman, who was driving the bike at the time of the assault. Meanwhile, investigation officials revealed that it was not only a financial reason that prompted Babu to attack the Congress leader.
“It appears that one more person is behind this murder attempt. Babu must have been motivated by that person. We are still investigating who that is and what was the reason,” said a senior official from North Zone. Police found that Babu gave an interview to a local TV channel after the murder attempt in order to mislead cops from his new mission. “He was planning to travel to a neighbouring state to carry out a suspicious activity. More of his plans will be revealed after we grill him thoroughly,” said a senior official.
Babu has multiple non-bailable warrants pending against him in various police stations in the city, the police told the media. The Alwal police also has registered a history sheet on Dakkuri Babu for his involvement in two murder cases and several property offences.
