Nizamabad Police have arrested Shaik Riyaz, the prime accused in the murder of constable E. Pramod, amid widespread rumours of an encounter. Officials clarified that Riyaz was caught alive following a tip-off and an altercation in Sarangapur forest, and both he and another injured man were hospitalised.

Nizamabad: Dismissing reports that 24-year-old Shaik Riyaz, the prime accused in the murder of a police constable , was killed in an encounter , Nizamabad Police Commissioner P Sai Chaitanya clarified that the accused was caught alive on Sunday.

Riyaz is accused of killing 42-year-old CCS constable E Pramod on Friday night around 8.30 pm. He had allegedly stabbed the constable in the chest at Vinayak Nagar when the latter was escorting him to the police station on a two-wheeler.

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