Hyderabad: "The person continued firing and CI Moghalaiah and one home guard Kishore were injured in the firing," Deputy Superintendent of Police, Suryapet (Sub-division), Abdul Rashid told PTI over phone.
He said both of them fled the scene immediately after the incident.
Police suspect the weapon used in the firing could be a country-made firearm.
Asked whether the police retaliated, he said they did not get any chance. "It was a close range firing and the police team did not get much time (to retaliate)....It was a matter of few seconds."
The circle inspector suffered two bullet injuries in the incident along with the home guard, and both of them were rushed to a hospital in Hyderabad.
Special teams have been formed to trace the culprits, the officer said, adding they suspect the duo hailed from Odisha as per the ID cards they showed to the police team.
He, however, said the cards could be fake.
Two policemen were today killed and as many injured after an unidentified person opened fire on them while they were questioning passengers during checking of vehicles in Nalgonda district of Telangana.
The incident occurred at around 12.30 am at a bus stand in Suryapet town when a police team, led by circle inspector (CI) Moghalaiah, was carrying out checking of vehicles, they said.
"On suspicion, police asked two bus passengers to get down and started questioning them, when one of them suddenly attacked the cops and started firing on them resulting in on the spot death of constable Lingaiah and Home Guared Mahesh.
He said both of them fled the scene immediately after the incident.
Advertisement
Asked whether the police retaliated, he said they did not get any chance. "It was a close range firing and the police team did not get much time (to retaliate)....It was a matter of few seconds."
Advertisement
Special teams have been formed to trace the culprits, the officer said, adding they suspect the duo hailed from Odisha as per the ID cards they showed to the police team.
Advertisement
COMMENTS
Advertisement
3 People Die After Drowning In Lake In Telangana: Cops Bus Conductor Misbehaves With Woman Passenger In Telangana, Taken Into Police Custody 12-Year-Old Girl Among 3 Drown At Quarry Pit In Telangana: Cops World's Largest Isolated Tribe Makes Rare Appearance In New Footage Madhya Pradesh's CBI Move: Agency Needs Written Consent To Probe Cases Why BJP Lost Lok Sabha Polls In Uttar Pradesh - 6 Reasons In Party Report 5 More Suspected Cases Of Chandipura Virus Reported From Gujarat OpenAI Unveils Cheaper Small AI Model GPT-4o Mini Man Insulted By Employer's Son Takes Revenge, Robs Him Off Rs 3.5 Crore Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.