Hyderabad: Travel agency owner killed at Humayun Nagar

Hyderabad: In a sensational incident a owner of a travel agency was murdered by unknown assailants on Saturday night.

According to the sources, Qazi Najamuddin the owner of Travel point travel agency was waylaid near NMDC under Humayun Nagar police station limits.

Najamuddin is believed to have been in a meeting with three persons namely Irfan,Mateen and Taufiq near Afia plaza at Humayun Nagar. Initial investigation revealed that the travel agency owner owes five lakh rupees to the accused and he was not providing the foreign visa despite payment.

The assailants have used sharp edged weapons to carry out the heinous crime.

On receiving information a team of police rushed to the spot and shifted the deadbody to Osmania General Hospital for post-mortem.

A case has been registered and investigation is underway and CCTV footages in the area are being verified by the police.

In February 2019, the Mirchowk police arrested travel agent Qazi Najamuddin in an alleged case of blasphemy.

Chairman of Travel Point HR Solution Private Limited, Qazi Najamuddin was booked after the Muslim cleric Jafar Pasha filed a complaint with the police for his alleged blasphemous posting on facebook.