Hyderabad Commissioner of Police Mahender Reddy said that they would nab the unidentified assailant who fired at KBS Managing Director Manmath Dalia, very soon. Reddy inquired about the incident from Dalia, who was undergoing treatment at Care Hospital, and consoled him.
Speaking to the media Later, Mahender Reddy that the firing took place at 12.30 pm. The assailant had fired two rounds at Dalia in the latter's flat. He shot an empty round in the air, and lodged a bullet on the second round in the banker's leg. The CoP raised suspicion that the assailant might have attempted to rob the house.