One killed in attack by mentally ill person

Hyderabad: A hotel worker was killed and two others sustained injuries when a ‘mentally ill’ man attacked them at NBT Nagar in Banjara Hills on Wednesday.

In the evening, the victim, Shaik Babaloo, 19, was standing on the roadside at NBT Nagar when the accused – Syed Arbaz, an auto driver from Sayeednagar, stabbed him with a sharp weapon he was carrying, Inspector, Banjara Hills, Murali Krishna,



said.

After attacking Babaloo, the man attacked two other persons – Balraju and Mahesh. All three of them sustained serious injuries and were rushed to Osmania General Hospital where Babaloo died while undergoing treatment. “Arbaz is addicted to drugs and is mentally disturbed.

The victims and the accused do not know each other and there was no enmity between them,” Banjara Hills ACP, Uday Kumar Reddy, said.