The deceased cop, identified as Bhupati Srikanth from the 12th battalion of TSSP, was working on guard duty at Kabutar Khana police outpost near Hussaini Alam in the old city of Hyderabad
Bijapur superintendent of police (SP) Ajany Varshney said the incident took place at the headquarters of the 170th battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in the district