As hundreds of community members were busy in prayers during the holiest night of 'Shab-e-Qadr' , city police, including senior echelons and CP,  remained high alert and intensified patrolling  throughout the night.To curb rash drivers, the traffic police also made elaborate arrangements and increased the  presence at all major intersections and major roads. All these measures ensured the  night passed off peacefully. 

In view of the Jamaat-UL-Vida, prayers on the last Friday of Ramadan, Today CP CV Anand randomly inspected security arrangements at religious places in all zones.Accompained by the concerned DCPs he visited Musheerabad, Malakpet,Charminar and Habeebnagar areas.

As a precautionary measure, alternative lighting arrangements have also been made in hotspots and mixed locality areas. “Pickets will be placed near heavy footfall areas at night. Apart from the local police, Rapid Action Force, City Armed Reserve, are pressed into service. We urge the public to cooperate with the police.” Said Mr.Anand.

Sri.DS Chauahan IPS, Addl.CP. L&O; Sri.AV Ranganath IPS, Jt.CP. Traffic; Sri.Kartikeya IPS, Jt.CP. CAR Hqtrs; Sri.P.Sai Chaitanya IPS, DCP South Zone and other officers accompanied CP.

HCP chief rewards Task force cops

 Hyderabad City Police Commissioner, Shri CV Anand IPS,  rewarded 57  task force cops for carrying out drive against drugs effectively.The Task Force responds to citywide mobilizations, and dismantles organised crime network backed by highly trained personnel.

He also reviewed the stats on control of Satta, online gambling and IPL bettings and instructed to apprehend the criminals by  enhancing  informant network, applying new methodologies. Mr.Anand said that regardless of the challenges, the hard work and  skillset of the cops  has the potential to tackle any crisis and apprehend criminals.

“You should always try your best to upkeep this performance, and ensure city is drug free,the  main objective of the state Government .” Said the CP in his address.

With multiple missions  like  crime suppression, and special investigations  ,CPs task force  has proven to be a critical asset during events like protests, and processions.

Task Force DCP Mr.Radha Krishna, Inspectors and other officers were present.

 In view of the ongoing road work under the SNDP  at Rasoolpura, City Police Commissioner Shri CV Anand inspected the Begumpet-CTO junction stretch to ease the traffic congestion.

Accompained by Jt.cp traffic, Mr.Anand visited the diversion routes and roads abutting to the main stretch where Nala work is in progress. He instructed traffic officials to instate animated signage boards to alert the commuters and to use the vehicle hit counters effectively to manage the traffic flow.

CP Anand appealed the public to avoid this route for the next 45 days and follow the diversion routes notified by the traffic police. He also instructed L&O officers to co-ordinate with traffic personnel to manage the crowd. 

“Traffic flow reached to pre-covid level as many IT employees started commuting to office. We will liaise with GHMC officials to expedite Nala work as lakhs of vehicles pass through this stretch every day.” he said.

Commuting by metro on the same stretch makes the journey much more easier.

DCP Traffic -1, Mr.Prakash Reddy; Addl.DCP North Zone(L&O), Mr. P.Venkateshwarlu  and other officers were present.

HCP hosts Iftar at Chowmahalla Palace

 Hyderabad City Police has hosted its  'Dawat-e- Iftar' to mark the holy month of Ramadan.Apart from senior bureacrauts, politicians, 2000 people from diverse faiths and backgrounds were part of the iftar party. 

 The Iftar is the evening meal after sunset that concludes the daily fasting during the month of Ramadan.For observers, the Iftar dinner and Ramadan are a time to reflect on humanity and to reaffirm commitments to helping the less fortunate.

 Hon’ble Home minister, Shri Mohammed Mahmood Ali , DGP Shri M.Mahender Reddy and Hyderabad CP Shri CV Anand broke the fast along with guests and everyone present on the occasion bonded over the delicious food after the welcome address.

“ In gathering together this evening we honour a sacred tradition and its  time to celebrate a message of peace,love. Let us strive to embody the grace and good will.”said Mr. Anand.

HCP launches much awaited PRT

 Amidst huge crowd of enthusiastic police job aspirants, city police commissioner Mr. CV Anand launched the much awaited Pre-recruitment training here on Wednesday in North Zone. This free PRT, a community outreach program of HCP, is aimed at coaching aspirants awaiting to join police by offering free class room sessions, study material and accomodation.

The senior echelons of HCP headed by Mr. Anand and IT wing has done a meticulous planning,right from announcing PRT to its launch, is on par with usual tasks of a public service commission and a training academy.A record number of 21000 applications were received online for PRT out of which around 16000 attempted the exam and finally 7,133 were selected.

Mr.CV Anand in his speech said that community policing has become part of the city’s  security architecture, adding that the state  government had taken the initiative seriously and extended support to PRT.The entire coaching for a period of 3 months @8 hours per day is free for the aspirants , which otherwise would cost them atleast 10,000 rupees per month.

He called upon the aspirants to remain focused during 3 months of PRT and suggested them to chalk out own strategies during preparation. He stressed the importance of  time management while attempting exam and motivated them.

CP  thanked the state government for the tremendous efforts in bringing in the  new zonal system which ensures that 95 per cent of jobs in all State recruitments will be reserved for local candidates of that district.

The enthusiasm of aspirants, efforts of city police & faculty heralds more probability of securing a job in police vacancies through PRT. Constables Aishwarya, Sravya,sarath, saikrishna ,who has undergone PRT  and working now in HCP, shared their experiences. At the conclusion, CP distributed certificates and momentos to the top scores of PRT and appreciated the organisers. 

Jt.CP Admin, Mr. Ramesh IPS; DCP North Zone, Smt. Chandana Deepthi IPS; motivational speakers, faculty members and other officers were present.

Home Minister lays foundation stone for the newbuilding of Kalapattar PS

 Hon’ble Home minister, Shri Mohammed Mahmood Ali along with Hon’ble minister for MA & UD,Industries, IT&C, Shri K.Taraka Rama rao;  Hon’ble MP, Shri Asaduddin Owaisi  laid foundation stone for the new building  of Kalapattar Police Station

HCP had earlier  requested the government to construct a permanent  building as the  existing old building  has only 2 rooms and lacks facilities.

Police housing corporation will construct the building  with an expenditure of Rs. 4  crores in an area of  10,560sq.ft and the construction .While the ground floor of the building will be occupied by court room, Service rooms,reception  and parking, the  First floor houses SHO chamber, Lock up rooms, communication wing & mini CCC.

Hyderabad CP CV Anand , Police Housing corporation chairman , Sri Koleti Damodar; Jt.CP DD, Sri Gajarao Bhupal IPS;  SHO Kalapattar Police station, Sri Sudarshan and other officers were present.

Hanuman Shoba Yatra concluded peacefully

 Hanuman Shoba Yatra procession concluded  peacefully amid tight police security  on Saturday.Thousands of devotees  participated in the 12 km festive procession  which started at Rammandir in Gowliguda  and ended Veeranjaneya Swamy temple, Tadbund. Enroute many tributary processions from Cyberabad, Rachakonda commissionerates also joined the main procession in city limits. 

CP CV Anand and other senior officers made a field visits to multiple junctions to take stock of the situation during the day, and later he monitored the situation through the visuals being broadcast by the drones and Cctv s along the multiple routes in the joint command control center in CP office where senior officials of RTC, R&B, GHMC, EMRI, Fire, Electricity departments were present. State-of the art technology deployed by HCP helped in live  monitoring the procession, crowd movement and traffic flow.

 The sweltering  heat did not dampen the zest of  city police officers who escorted the procession since morning by foot and motorcycles . Many Senior officials of the city police also moved on foot along with the procession to ensure smooth passage.

 As many as 56 tributary processions joined the main Shobha Yatra. The procession was completed peacefully with the cooperation of other govt departments ,devotees and general public. The CP Hyderabad thanked the public in general for cooperating with the police in ensuring a peaceful conclusion of the procession.

CP Inspects Procession Route

 In view of the  Hanuman Shobha yatra procession to be held tomorrow, city police commissioner Mr CV Anand along with senior officers carried out 12 km entire route inspection.  The  main  procession will begin from  Gowliguda   Ram Mandir and ends at Thadbund , Secunderabad. 

Thousands of devotees and many motorists are expected to participate in the procession. No new tributeries of the main procession are being permitted. Enroute arrangements, barricading, low hanging wires , road repairs etc are all being done.

CP instructed to do anti-sabotage checks all along the main procession route and bylanes  to ensure the rally goes off peacefully. 

“There will be traffic restrictions in the city tomorrow as it’s a working day .About 8000 police personnel will be ensuring security and few of them  will be deployed on rooftops of high-rise buildings, terrace .Drones and CCTVs will be used for surveillance. “ said Mr. Anand

Sri.DS Chauhan IPS Addl.CP. L&O, Sri.AV Ranganath IPS Jt.CP. Traffic, Sri.P.Vishwa Prasad IPS Jt.CP. Special Branch, Sri.M.Ramsh IPS Jt.CP. Admn, Sri.Gajarao Bhupal IPS Jt.CP. CCS, Sri.N.Prakash Reddy IPS DCP Traffic,Smt.Chandana Deepti IPS DCP North zone, Sri.Rajesh Chandra IPS DCP Central zone and other officers accompained CP.

Banks told to spend more on enhancing Cyber Security

 Upon the request of the Hyderabad City Police , the Reserve Bank of India convened a meeting of all 51 Urban Cooperative and other Banks functioning in Telangana to discuss CyberSecurity measures following the recent hacking case of Mahesh Urban Cooperative Bank on January 24th this year in which 12.48 crores was hacked . It was a meeting to educate and enlighten the banking community about the dangers due to online banking.

Explaining in detail how the hacking took place in Mahesh through phishing mails, trojans and key logger software to enter the database of the bank and the extensive 2 month long investigation in which 23 accused included 4 Handler Nigerians (called Mules ) were caught and 3  crores recovered ,Mr CV Anand stressed upon the need to put in place sufficient cyber security measures by all banks .

 He explained the lapses committed by Mahesh bank management and the lack of focus and will to spend sufficient budgets to deploy firewalls, intrusion prevention and detection systems, anti phishing systems, segregated system networks and Virtual LANS, and avoiding usage of common user ID s and passwords. 

He explained that this is a crime because Banks are dealing with public money , earning profits and it’s their duty to safeguard it while offering internet and online banking services and the criminal liability will be with that bank as it’s a criminal breach of trust.He appealed to the RBI chief general manager from the Mumbai headquarters Mr Rajan and the Regional Director of RBI Telangana Smt Nikhila to tighten enforcement and take punitive measures to bring such banks under control before hundreds of crores more are lost by hacking.

Across the globe there is increase in the severity, frequency,  and sophistication of cyber attacks, and the  banks spending on the human, network and application layers of cyber security is not matching the risk levels.

“Banks must rev up efforts to combat the growing cyber threat. A series of Cyber drills are necessary, and banks,regulators should be part of such exercises to smoke out vulnerabilities and to keep their first responders sharp.” The RBI top officials responded by saying that they are in the process of improving cyber security throughout the country and certain limitations regarding them.

The session was attended by Sri.A.R.Srinivas IPS, Additional Commissioner of Police, (SIT and Crimes), Sri.Gajarao Bhupal IPS Jt.Commissioner of Police, Detective department, Smt.Nikhila Regional Director, RBI, Hyderabad and Sri.Rajan CGM, RBI and other officials from RBI, NABARD and 51 Co-operative Urban Banks.

Anand chairs Coordination Meeting

 Hyderabad City Police Commissioner Mr.CV Anand chaired the inter-department  coordination meeting held at CP office,Basheerbagh  for the smooth conclusion of procession to be held on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanthi on Saturday. The meeting was attended by senior officials  from GHMC ,R&B, Electricity, fire department, EMRI and police officials from Cyberabad, Rachakonda commissionerates.

 CP Anand  apprised other government  departments on the need for putting up Strong barricading, Uninterrupted power supply, debris clearing and pruning tree  branches.RTC department is tasked to depute mechanics, drivers and EMRI officials will station ambulances in the main procession route.

HCP chief   in his address emphasised upon the attendees to depute senior officers to  joint command control center on the day of event.

City  police have chalked out an elaborate security & Bandobust  plan for the ensuing festive procession   that draws hordes of devotee. Guidelines were given to all SHOs to be vigilant in law and order, security arrangements and to coordinate with field level officers of other government departments.  

Sriramanavami Procession passed off peacefully

 Meticulous planning, supervision by senior officers of HCP and  the perfect execution of commands by  the field personnel ensured that the Sri Ramanavami Shoba Yatra  procession ended on a peaceful note here on Sunday.

Thanks to the technology which helped in live  monitoring the procession, crowd movement and traffic flow.City police commissioner Mr.CV Anand chaired  the joint command control center in his office where in officials of RTC, R&B, GHMC, EMRI, Fire, Electricity were present.He monitored the live drone footage, CCTV feeds and radio communications and gave instructions to the field officers. Senior officers descended to field and ensured that the procession moved on.

The main procession started at Seetarambagh around 1:30 PM and reached Hanuman Vyayamasala.En-route thousands of devotees joined the procession.

The scorching summer heat couldn’t let down the spirit of 7000 policemen who were deployed for Bando bust in sensitive areas and procession route.

“The procession was completed peacefully with the cooperation of organisers, other govt departments ,devotees and general public.” Said CP Anand.

 Hyderabad City Police Commissioner, Shri CV Anand IPS,  rewarded 28 cops of various PSs  for their performance  in investigating cases and apprehending criminals.

69-Cyber Crime team members were  also rewarded for their outstanding efforts  in the investigation of  the Mahesh Bank Hack case, a complex  cyber crime case  that necessitated a multistate hunt.

CP Anand said that regardless of the challenges, the hard work and  skillset of the cops  has the potential to tackle any crisis and apprehend criminals. 

“You should always try your best to upkeep this performance and ensure effective policing for the safety of citizens.” Said the CP in his address.

Rewards were given based on the criteria such as technical expertise, responsiveness and swift investigation & detection of cases etc.

Sri.Gajarao Bhupal IPS Jt.CP. CCS and Sri.KVM Prasad ACP Cyber crimes and Inspectors were present.

HCP gears up for forthcoming festivals

 HCP Chief CV Anand,on Thursday, chaired the inter-department coordination meeting held at Draupadi Garden for the smooth conclusion of upcoming festivals Sri Ram Navami, Hanuman Jayanti. The meeting was attended by GHMC Commissioner Lokesh Kumar, Sri Ramanavami Utsava Samithi members and senior officers from R&B, Electricity, and fire departments.

 CP Anand in his address emphasised upon the attendees for streamlining the coordination. He briefed the media about arrangements for Sri Ramanavami Shoba Yatra, after his inspection of the route of the main procession between  Mangalhot and  Ram Koti along with the GHMC Commissioner, other govt department officials.

 “The City police have chalked out an elaborate security plan for the ensuing Shobha Yatra   that draws hordes of devotees. Guidelines were given to be vigilant in law and order and security arrangements. People should also cooperate with the police, volunteers and enjoy the festival.” Said CP Anand.

“The procession will pass through  Seetharambagh Temple, Bhoiguda Kaman, Puranapool Gandhi Statue, Begum Bazar Chatri, SA Bazar Masque, Gowliguda Kaman, Koti Andhra Bank x road, Sultan bazaar Bus stand, Hanuman Vyayamshala School Ram Koti areas, and organizers were told to carry out the procession only on the route prescribed by the police,” he added.

GHMC commissioner said that Debris will be cleared off the roads and tree branches were being pruned on the route for free passage. 

“Road repairs and additional lighting works are being taken up on the procession route,” he said.

CP Inspects test Centers

 

Hyderabad city Police on Tuesday conducted screening tests in 36 centres across the city to select the candidates for pre-recruitment training.There was an overwhelming response to the PRT from all the five zones of the city. A total of 21,000 candidates have registered their  names online and 16,000 appeared for the screening test today.

City police commissioner Mr CV Anand visited the Aurora College Centre in Chikkadpalli , central zone and the Anwar Ul Uloom College in Habeebnagar of West Zone to monitor the screening test.

Speaking on the occasion CP Anand said that elaborate arrangements were made in all the five zones .Two centres in each zone will train 1000 aspirants each to help them secure a job in the upcoming police recruitment.

“Getting into the police is a matter of pride not only for the candidate but his entire family and neighbourhood.” said Mr Anand.CSR funds of private companies , HCP budgets and government funds will be used to conduct this 3 month PRT effectively.

The upcoming police recruitment is also aimed at filling  3300 vacancies  in HCP.Sri.M.Rajesh Chandra IPS, DCP Central Zone,Sri.Joel Davis, IPS DCP West zone,  Sri.Madhukar Swamy Addl.DCP , Sri. Bhagya Kiran MD of Bhagya Kiran Police Coaching Institute, Sri.Ramana Reddy, Addl.DCP Central Zone, Sri.Sridhar ACP Chikkadpally, Sri.Muralidhar ACP Traffic  officers were present.