HYDERABAD: A notorious robber gang from Uttar Pradesh, which is having links with local offenders, is suspected to be behind the shoot-out with the police at Madhapur on Thursday night. Though no policeman was injured in the attack, one robber was injured in retaliatory fire and is being treated while two others fled away.The gang is suspected to have planned yet another robbery when one of the member was nabbed. Police said the gang fired at least four rounds from countrymade weapons on the police who encircled them.Around 9 pm on Thursday, a police team headed by a sub-inspector of the Madhapur police came across the gang of robbers.“The gang arrived at Balaji Wines shop at the Kondapur junction in a stolen Tata Indigo car and started threatening a person for money. We rushed to the spot and as we tried to arrest them, they fired on us," Madhapur police inspector K Srinath Reddy said.“The gang snatches fourwheelers at gun-point for use to commit robberies in Madhapur and other areas in Cyberabad limits," an investigating officer said.With a series of car thefts, senior officials of Cyberabad police asked the Madhapur zone police to track down the gangs.When the police managed to intercept the car and asked its occupants to surrender, they were fired upon. The gang attacked two constables forcing the SI to open fire. While S Ravi was injured, his two accomplices managed to escape. Police fired two rounds, one into the air and the other on the offenders, it is learnt.“We suspect the gang to be from Uttar Pradesh and involved in robberies at banks," Srinath Reddy said.4 youths drown in GodavariBHADRACHALAM: Four youths drowned in the Godavari river on Thursday. As part of Dasara celebrations, villagers of Venkataraopeta went to the river for immersion of Bathukamma.V Krishna (22), V Satyanarayana (16), T Sandeep (15) and P Sivakrishna (15) accidentally drowned. The bodies of Krishna, Sandeep and Sivakrishna were found on Thursday. Satyanarayana’s body was found at Kondayagudem on Friday.
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