Sacked driver & friend held for elderly couple's murder in Rajendranagar
Hyderabad: Five days after an elderly couple was murdered in their home in Rajendranagar, their former driver and his friend were arrested on Tuesday for the crime.
The accused, ex-driver Mohammed Shakeel and his friend Mohammed Mujeebuddin, were caught based on CCTV footage, DCP (Rajendranagar) Ch Srinivas said.
Police said the motive was unclear, but suspected that the driver may have bore a grudge as he had been jobless since being sacked. Cops also did not rule out robbery, but the accused claimed to have taken only Rs 600 from the man's pocket.
The bodies of the couple – Shaik Abdullah Abdul Hamid (77), a retired assistant general manager of SBI, and his wife Ummatur Rafai Rizwana (70), a retired lecturer – were found by the watchman soon after two persons, one in burqa and another in a mask, left the duplex flat on June 5.
The couple lived on the fifth and sixth floors of the building, while the remaining portions have been rented out. They have four children, two residing in the US and two in London, police said.
Police found that Shakeel had worked for two years as a driver for Abdullah's family. About eight months ago, Shakeel was sacked by Abdullah as he was unhappy with his work.
Cops said that the person in the burqa was Shakeel and Mujeebuddin was the one with the mask. On June 5, the duo had gained entry by telling the watchman they had come for physiotherapy. They locked the door and then allegedly attacked the couple who were found with several stab wounds.
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