On this episode of South, India Today's Nagarjun Dwarakanath tracks the Hyderabad connection to the Sydney Bondi Beach shooting. The Telangana Police have confirmed that the attacker, Sajid Akram, hailed from Tolichowki.

Telangana BJP chief calls Hyderabad man's role in Australia shooting an "insult" to India and a security concern.

The Hyderabad connection with the terror act, though it is a matter of insult to us, is also a serious national security concern,” N Ramchander Rao said.

An Indian passport holder, Sajid Akram, identified as a suspect in the Sydney beach attack, had been living in Australia since 1998. Authorities are

The alleged gunman shot dead by police during Sunday's attack on Australia's Bondi beach was originally from the southern Indian city of Hyderabad and his family did not know about his "radical mindset",