Hyderabad, July 17 -- Tension prevailed at Tukkuguda on the Outer Ring Road (ORR) when unknown miscreants opened fired at a lorry driver. Manoj Yadav, a native of Jharkhand, was coming with iron/steel loaded vehicle from Chandapura, Hathnoora Medak, towards Kochi in Kerala.

When the lorry reached Tukkuguda Exit 14 near Hyderabad, an unknown person in a white Swift Car (number not known) opened fired at the lorry's cabin with a firearm, leading to panic at the ORR.

However the driver did not sustain any bullet injury. A passerby had informed the police about the incident via Dial-100, after which a team from the Pahadi Shareef police in Hyderabad reached the spot and a CLUES team of forensic experts was also pressed into service.

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