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HYDERABAD: Gunshots were fired in the upmarket Jubilee Hills area of Hyderabad today. Initial reports suggest that the man who opened fire has been nabbed.

Police sources said that a three-member gang from Karnataka entered the city about five days ago with an intention to carryout a bank robbery. The task force personnel of Hyderabad city police, who already had a tip off about the presence of the gang, were on the hunt for the gang at different places in the city. This afternoon, they received information about the presence of gang at road no. 36 jubilee hills. As they tried to pin down one of the gang members, he pulled out his revolver and opened two rounds of fire in the air, in an apparent bid to escape.

He was overpowered after which the police drove him away. The incident however sent shock waves in the locality, where several high end stores located in the area. The place where the incident took place is also not far away from the Jubilee hills police station.

The man who was apprehended is presently in the custody of task force sleuths who are interrogating him.