HYDERABAD: A 32-year-old businessman was killed by unidentified persons at his house in Falaknuma on Saturday night.
Police suspect that the accused could be the victim’s relatives and financial disputes could be the reason behind the murder.
The deceased, Mohammed Arif, was a businessman from Payeen Bagh in Jahanuma area of Falaknuma. Arif ran a cell phone sales business and lived alone in his house at Payeen Bagh. At around 11.30 pm on Saturday, a few persons attacked Arif on the head with a blunt object and caused multiple bleeding injuries. Arif collapsed near the main gate of the compound wall inside the premises of his house.
Alerted by locals, police rushed to the spot and shifted the victim to Osmania General Hospital in an ambulance. “Arif succumbed to injuries while undergoing treatment during the early hours of Sunday,” Falaknuma inspector R Devender said.
During the preliminary probe, police found that three persons on scooters had attacked the victim and fled from the spot. Based on the complaint of the victim’s brother, Ghouse, police registered a murder case. Family members of Arif said that he had borrowed around Rs 40,000 from relatives for his business and that they might have killed him as he could not return them the money. The suspects are reportedly in police custody.
