The trail of robbers leads to a dead end; multi-state manhunt for 2 fugitives | Hyderabad News

Hyderabad: Investigators are ascertaining the identity of one of the two wanted assailants involved in the crime ATM robbery in Bidar and the Afzalgunj shooting incident turned out to be a damp squib.
The police suspected that one of the thieves might be a notorious highwayman Manish Kushwahy Bihar, but their euphoria lasted only a few hours. A team of Bihar Police went to Kushwaha’s house on Friday evening. His parents were shown a video recording of the wanted accused, recorded in a travel agency’s office. After seeing the visualization, they declared that the thief was not their son.
Policemen from four states – Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Bihar – were searching for the two. fugitiveswho are also in possession of loot worth Rs 87 lakh as of Thursday. When the video was shared with policemen from various states, a lead emerged that the accused could be the infamous Manish Kushwaha. Around 12.30 pm on Saturday, the police in Bihar’s Gopalgunj, after visiting Manish’s house, found that the wanted accused was not Manish. After receiving this information, the investigation returned to normal.
Meanwhile, many teams Hyderabad Policefollowing CCTV footage of the accused’s movements after opening fire on the staff of a travel agency in Afzalgunj, it was observed that they had changed their bags and clothes. According to reports, after the Afzalgunj incident, the duo bought two bags near Madinah. They boarded an auto-rickshaw and reached Secunderabad railway station. From there they boarded another car, reached Trimulgherry and changed their bags and clothes at a secluded place. They also abandoned previously used bags and clothes there. “We recovered the bags and their clothes. From there, the accused booked another auto-rickshaw and we are trying to find out which direction they went,” sources said.
On Thursday, two people on motorcycles killed two security guards outside an ATM in Bidar and robbed them of Rs 87 lakh. They reached Hyderabad on the same bike, from where they planned to go to Raipur in Chhattisgarh by boarding a private bus. However, while checking the luggage, one of the accused, who refused to open the bag, pulled out a gun and opened fire on the travel agency employee. They have been free since then.