Secunderabad: Cong leader Yadagiri shot at six times

Congress leader Yadagiri was shot at by some unknown assailants in Secunderabad on Saturday. He was hit by six bullets in Bowenpally region in Secunderabad. A man riding a bike opened fire on the Congress leader, eye witnesses said.

The attack took place in Old Bowenpalli when the assailant riding with an accomplice on a motorbike opened fired at him when he was coming out of his residence. CCTV footage showed the Congress leader trying to resist the attacker as he chased Yadagiri inside a nearby hospital premise.

Yadagiri, the former member of the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital. He is undergoing treatment and is out of danger, doctors said. Police recovered two pistols and they suspect he was shot at over a personal rivalry.

According to Hyderabad Police Commissioner Mahender Reddy a special probe team has been formed to scan the CCTV footage in order to identify the attacker and arrest him. While one weapon was found in a dustbin of the hospital, another was recovered from Yadagiri. He said he snatched the firearm from the attacker.