Councillor arrested, pistol seized

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Hyderabad: A councillor of Bhongir municipality was apprehended with a country-made pistol and three live rounds at Santosh Nagar by the sleuths of Commissioner’s Task Force on Monday. Operating on credible information, police apprehended Syed Asghar Hussian, 36, of Kazim Mohilla, Bhongir at Akbar Owaisi Colony, Riyasathnagar in Santosh Nagar. According to an official release, Syed Asghar Hussain brought the weapon to intimidate his opponents in Hyderabad. North Zone Task Force team had kept a watch on his movements and apprehended him on Monday. He was involved in Aijaz murder case in 2000 and also involved in an attempt to murder case in Bhongir town. He was an associate of ex-naxalite, Nayeemuddin and got elected as councillor in Bhongir municipality in 2005 with the active support of Nayeemuddin. According to the release, the accused recently had some problem with Nayeemuddin and walked out of the gang. After coming out of gang, Asghar Hussain started acting independently from Hyderabad.