The police detained seven suspects in the rowdy-sheeter Fareed murder case.
According to the Gopalapuram police, the suspects murdered Fareed in Pariki Basthi under the Gopalapuram police station limits at 9 am on Sunday in a planned manner. They waited for Fareed, sprinkled chilli powder in his eyes and brutally attacked him with sickles and sticks. The attack scenes were recorded in a nearby CC camera and the police claim to have identified the suspects through the footage before detaining them.
The police said that old rivalry was the motive for the murder. A woman was also among the seven suspects.
Fareed was facing 17 cases in various police stations, the police said.