Times of India
Hyderabad, Aug 30: He was fair, had smooth hair and was 5’8” tall. According to a witness, this is the description of the around 25-year-old man suspected to have placed the explosive at the laserium at Lumbini park that claimed 11 lives on Saturday. The police released the sketch of the suspect here on Wednesday.
Of the 594 people in the laserium. one witness was able to describe the one he believed to be the suspect to the police. The witness had also been injured and had been receiving treatment for superficial head injuries at Mediciti hospital.
Police had been working on the sketch for three days, but reportedly, the results were unsatisfactory. Finally on Tuesday, an expert from Mumbai, Naresh Khode was flown in for the job. “We cross-checked the sketch with the witness, who confirmed that it was more than 90%,” additional commissioner of police, crimes, M Punna Rao said.
Officials said that the sketch would now be verified with police records to ascertain if there are any past records against the suspect. Though the eyewitness had a handycam, the shots he filmed were mostly of the laser show.