Hyderabad: The Majlis Bachao Tehreek (MBT) party spokesperson, Amjed Ullah Khan, who was to meet the family of rowdy sheeter Riyaz, killed in an ‘encounter,’ has been placed under house arrest.

Riyaz, 24, was on the run after he fatally stabbed 48-year-old Nizamabad police constable E Pramod.

The rowdy sheeter, with over 30 cases registered against him across districts, was being taken to the Central Crime Station (CCS) in connection with a bike theft case. He was seated between Pramod and the constable’s nephew on a motorcycle when he stabbed Pramod in the chest multiple times. The nephew was also injured when he tried to save his uncle. Constable Pramod was declared dead on arrival by doctors.

The policeman’s brutal murder sent shockwaves across the state, prompting the Telangana pol

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