An unidentified assailant shot the Manager of the Krishna Bheema Samruddi Bank Manmath Dalai inside the latter's residence at Shantinagar in Masab Tank on Sunday, leaving the the victim critically injured.
As per reports, upon hearing gunfire, the watchman and neighbours rushed to the spot and immediately took the victim to Care Hospital in Banjara Hills.
West Zone DCP Venkateshwara Rao inspected the crime scene and was informed that an unknown person visited the apartment in the afternoon and asked the watchman for the victim's address. The watchman took the accused to Dalai's flat and left the place. It was assumed that a heated argument had taken place between the duo, and in a fit of rage, the stranger fired two rounds at him and fled the scene. One of the bullets hit Dalai's leg while the other missed by a whisker. The victim is learnt to be out of danger and responding to treatment.
The DCP said that they had launched a massive manhunt for the criminal.