Overview

• Kukatpally police arrested and remanded Y Hanak, Mohd Sajid and Mohd Sameer Khan in court proceedings on July 2.
• Syed Shahed, 26, was a textile trader from Borabanda with an active rowdy sheet maintained by local police.
• Investigators say the trio, once close associates of Shahed, conspired to eliminate him and claim his street-level power.
• The June 29 attack in Prakash Nagar involved Sajid stabbing Shahed’s throat with a broken bottle while Khan and Hanak bludgeoned his head with rocks.
• Authorities are reviewing Khan’s record of four prior offences and probing the wider criminal network in Hyderabad.