A policeman was killed and two others were injured when two persons on a motorcycle opened fire on police picked in the old city of Hyderabad on Friday. A high alert has been sound all through the city.
The incident occurred this evening on the Volga Hotel in Shahali Banda area, about one km from the historic Charminar and Mecca Masjid.
Eyewitnesses said that two persons on a bike opened fire on a police car picked as part of security before the third birthday of the explosion at the historic Mecca Masjid (May 1918).Assailants fled after the attack on policemen.