Hyderabad: Sonu Singh alias Prashanth, a self-proclaimed resident of Rampally and gau rakshak who was shot at, was attacked as he tried to extort Rs 5 lakhs from a cattle trader. Singh was shot at on the night of Wednesday, October 23, during a confrontation with the trader named Ibrahim. The incident took place in the Pocharam IT corridor area.

The Rachakonda police soon swung into action and arrested three people for the crime – Ibrahim Qureshi (main accused), Kuruva Srinivas (who arranged the meeting on Wednesday night) and Hassanbin Mosin, a cattle trader. Another accused named Mohammed Haneef is currently absconding.

According to the Rachakonda police, Sonu Singh had caused losses to the extent of Rs 1 crore to Ibrahim through his activity of stopping vehicles of cattle traders. So

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