Telangana gangster Nayeemuddin killed in joint police operation

Telangana’s anti-naxal team on Monday morning killed gangster and former naxalite Nayeemuddin in an operation at his millennium colony house in Shadnagar. Security forces raided the house after one of Nayeemuddin’s gang members opened fire at the police. The operation was carried out by the state’s ‘naxal greyhounds’ along with the Nalgonda special police force after they received a tip-off that he would be present at the house.

According to DGP Anurag Sharma, Nayeemuddin’s gang member opened fire on police officials late last night, after the cops had surrounded the house. The gang member was shot dead in cross fire.

Nayeemuddin was involved in extortion cases and was an accused in the murder of IPS officer NS Vyas, who was in charge of anti-naxal operations. A former member of the People’s War Group, he was also involved in over 20 murder cases in the area.  He had surrendered years ago.

Police officials had evacuated the millennium township late Sunday night before conducting the operation. Some of the members may still be hiding in a second house and search operations are underway.

Police officials are yet to ascertain if all the suspects are members of Nayeemuddin’s group or if they belong to any terror outfit.

Two ruling Telangana Rashtra Samiti MLAs had complained against Nayeemuddin’s extortion and land deals in Mahbubnagar and Nalgonda district to Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao. They had also complained that they had received veiled threats from Nayeemuddin not to intervene in his activities. Police provided bullet proof cars to the two MLAs.

Nayeemuddin was also suspected to have first helped Sohrabuddin and his wife hide in Hyderabad and when cops came to know of it and pressured him, Nayeemuddin provided details of which bus they had left Hyderabad in.

Gujarat police officials then picked up Sohrabuddin and his wife from the bus enroute, and took them to Ahmedabad where the alleged encounter took place.Read More