Police nab KBR park shootout assailant

Hyderabad: Police nabbed the accused in the KBR park shooting incident within 12 hours of the incident in Anantapur on Wednesday.

Obulesu, a constable of Armed Reserve (AR), was arrested by the police on the border between Kurnool and Anantapur districts on Wednesday night from a Bangalore-bound bus.
Three others were also arrested in the sensational case.

They are being brought to Hyderabad and are likely to be produced before media in the afternoon or evening, police sources said.  The constable, who was serving at Central Police Lines (CPL) Amberpet here, was earlier attached with Greyhounds, the elite anti-Maoist force and was allegedly involved in stealing AK-47.

As per reports, Obulesu has a record of threatening and extorting the morning walkers at KBR Park. In a recent incident, he kidnapped a high-level official by pointing the same AK 47. He also extorted Rs 10 lakhs from the official. He also threatened the officialthat he would kill him if tried to inform the police. A mortally terrified official did not lodge a police complaint.

The investigating officials gathered information from Nityananda Reddy and his brother and also analyzed the footage from CCTV cameras installed at the nearby traffic signal at Jubilee hills KBR park. A month-old bill found in the bag of attacker, which he left behind in the car,  led the investigators to TT Super Bazaar near pillar number 22 in Mehdipatnam. Analyzing both the footage police identified the attacker as Obulesu.

Interestingly, he was on casual leave since 15 days. It was a pre-planned kidnap attempt, police said. Obulesu forced his way into Nityananda Reddy's car even as Reddy was getting into the car after finishing his morning walk on Wednesday. When Obulesu pointed a weapon to him, Reddy shouted for help and his brother Prasad Reddy chased him away.  Faced with stiff resistance, the assailant fled the scene, leaving behind his weapon and a bag.