Family members in India have gone to ground, neighbours are lying low and a misinformation campaign is raging online.

One of the alleged terrorists in Bondi’s terror attack was originally from India and had travelled back to his native country six times since migrating to Australia.

Telangana Police said Sajid Akram migrated to Australia in November 1998 after completing his B.Com degree in Hyderabad and later married Verena Grosso.

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",

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.

One of the gunmen, 50-year-old Sajid Akram, was fatally shot by police during the attack. The second shooter, his 24-year-old son Naveed Akram, was wounded and is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital, New South Wales Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon confirmed.

The two gunmen responsible for killing at 16 people, including a child, during Hannukah celebrations on the Bondi Beach in Australia's Sydney have been identified as a Pakistani father-son duo. The father was identified as 50-year-old Sajid Akram and his son was 24-year-old Naveed Akram.

Bondi Beach shooters Sajid and Naveed Akram, who killed 15 unarmed civilians in Sydney, travelled to the Philippines to receive military-style training from Islamist outfits, according to reports. While Sajid used an Indian passport,