Overview

• Shaik Riyaz, 24, the prime accused in the stabbing death of CCS constable E Pramod, was killed inside Nizamabad’s Government General Hospital on Monday, according to preliminary reports.
• Police say Riyaz tried to snatch an Armed Reserve constable’s weapon on the fourth floor and attempted to fire, injuring the constable.
• Officers returned fire and shot Riyaz dead, triggering panic among patients and hospital staff.
• Additional police forces were deployed at the hospital as a precaution following the shooting.
• Riyaz had been captured alive on Sunday in the Sarangapur forest and admitted for treatment, after the police commissioner refuted rumors he had been killed during the apprehension.