Teams of Hyderabad central crime station (CCS) police have arrested Manmohan Singh, the private gunman of Bhanu Kiran, the suspected killer of faction leader Maddelacheruvu Suri, it is reliably learnt.

The police teams have reportedly arrested Mr Singh in a town in Uttar Pradesh Sunday evening and based on his information, they have also taken into custody one Mr Subbaiah, a close associate of Bhanu Kiran. Hyderabad police however refused to confirm or deny the reports.

There are reports that Manmohan Singh and Subbaiah were the two persons who helped Bhanu Kiran escape to safety out of AP after the killing of Suri. Bhanu reportedly killed Suri with the revolver of Manmohan Singh.

Though police could not confirm the arrests, it is believed police have already started interrogating them after affecting the arrests and are trying to know the whereabouts of Bhanu Kiran through them.