2 members of Parthi gang held in Hyderabad after brief encounter
Hindustan TimesOn Friday morning, Telangana’s Nalgonda police opened fire in the air before apprehending two highway robbers of the notorious Parthi gang of Maharashtra. The gang, hailing from Indapur of Maharashtra, were operating in Telangana for over a month The incident took place at Pedda Amberpet within the jurisdiction of Rachakonda police commissionerate, at around 9am. “While two of them were apprehended, other gang members managed to escape,” Nalgonda Superintendent of police Sharad Chandra Pawar told reporters, adding that the detained gang members were being questioned. On June 10, the Parthi gang members waylaid a family traveling in the car at Chityal on Nalgonda highway and attacked two persons before decamping with eight tolas of gold and cash.