Two held in ATM robbery, security guard murder case

The two accused from Bihar were trying to flee Hyderabad when police caught them

Thirteen days after the robbery at a bank ATM centre in Patelkunta of Kukatpally and shooting down of a security guard, the Cyberabad police on Wednesday arrested two youngsters in the sensational daylight crime. The prime accused Ajeet Kumar, 23, and his associate Mukesh Kumar, both from Bihar State, were picked up from their room in Gundlapochampally, Cyberabad Police Commissioner V.C. Sajjanar told a press conference. Interrogation revealed that the two accused had earlier committed four crimes including robbing a person of ₹1.95 lakh at gunpoint. Ajeet had tried to rob a bank cashier by assaulting him with an iron rod in Dundigal in 2018, the Commissioner said. He was arrested and remanded in judicial custody in that case. After coming out on bail, he went to his village in Bihar. He returned to Hyderabad in 2020 and started working in a packaging company. Having been addicted to liquor, he wanted to make money by hook or crook. He secured a country-made pistol with five live rounds by sending ₹ 30,000 online to his friend Mukesh in Bihar. Mukesh joined hands with him to commit offences. Ajeet test fired the pistol in the forest near Gandimaisamma area, the Commissioner explained.