Five arrested for preparation of murder, two country pistols and eight bullets seized in Uppal
Malkajgiri Police Commissioner B. Sumathi inspects seized weapons and ammunition during a press conference on Monday (November 2). | Photo credit: By arrangement
Five men were arrested in Uppal on Monday for allegedly conspiring to murder a man, with police seizing two home-made pistols, eight cartridges and three knives from them.
The accused have been identified as Thokata Thanay Kumar alias Kanna, 26, a loan recovery agent from Bharath Nagar in Uppal; Shaik Akbar, 26; Aditya Kumar Thakur, 33, ranger at Amazonia in Kokapet and a native of Bhagalpur, Bihar; Dudani Laxman Singh alias Sonu, 27, a welding worker from Kothapet; and Vadtya Venkatesh alias Nani, 22, a native of Varthya Thanda in Nalgonda district.
According to Malkajgiri Police Commissioner B. Sumathi, the five conspired to murder Arfaj in retaliation for the killing of Dasari Surender. The officer said that Surender allegedly murdered his wife Shaba because he suspected her of multiple affairs and later in 2024 he murdered Shaba’s brother Salman. Arfaj, another brother of Shaba, allegedly murdered Surender in July 2026.
Police said Arfaj was recently released from prison, after which Surender’s followers allegedly planned to assassinate him as an act of revenge. The five accused were said to have planned to target him.
“As part of the scheme, Thanay Kumar and Akbar allegedly transferred ₹35,000 to Thakur through UPI. Thakur then traveled to the Saidpur Dabra area of Bhagalpur district in Bihar, where he allegedly bought two pistols and six cartridges from an unknown person for ₹30,000 and brought them to Hyderabad.”
On Monday, the Uppal police along with the LB Nagar SOT team were conducting routine patrolling when they noticed five men moving suspiciously in an open area near the Musi river. The police detained the man and conducted a search, during which two pistols, eight cartridges and three knives were recovered from the two accused. Police said questioning subsequently revealed the alleged plot.
Police said Thanay Kumar had previous cases against him, including a case under the Arms Act, while Akbar and Venkatesh had previous criminal cases. Thakur had previous cases related to Arms Act and NDPS Act.
Laxman Singh is a noise shaman at Chaitanyapuri police station and was previously involved in 30 criminal cases, including two cases of murder, theft, housebreaking, extortion, criminal conspiracy and offenses under the Arms Act and the NDPS Act.
Published – 02 Nov 2026 19:29 IST