HYDERABAD: Cyberabad police on Friday arrested four persons in connection with an unsuccessful robbery attempt staged at Muthoot Finance company in Mailardevpally on the outskirts of Hyderabad, nearly three weeks ago.
Three more accused are still at large, police said. The arrested persons have been identified as Arshad Fulumuddin Khan, Shafiuddin Navaboddin Sayyad, Mohammed Dastagir and Santosh Veerkar.
Also, prime accused Shareef and two others - Anna and Farooq - are yet to be nabbed, police said.
The accused, after conducting a recce at various branches of Muthoot finance firm, had zeroed in on the bank's Mailardevpally branch due to its lack of security.
The accused Shareef, Khan and Sayyad met in Dhuley sub-jail when they were serving imprisonment. They continued to be in touch even after release.
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On July 2, the gang met in Osmanabad and came to Hyderabad in a stolen vehicle. The next day, they all went to Muthoot to commit the robbery, but due to rush they could not execute the plan. They stayed at Taj Dhaba located on the outskirts of Budera village on that day.
They attempted to rob the Mailardevpally branch again on July 4, but the alert staff averted it. They parked their getaway vehicle at Happy Homes Apartments (Tower 6), a residential complex in Hyderabad's Rajendranagar, and fled. During the search operations conducted by commandos of the Telengana anti-terrorism squad, a polythene bag was found, which provided clues to the police team in further arrest of Dastagir and his son-in-law Sayyad in Hyderabad.