FITCOP App launched

 The Hyderabad City Police begins a paradigm shift in prioritising  health and wellness of its  workforce and wards, with the launch of  “Fitcop” app, which provides    on-demand access to an array of health resources and guidance, support from  doctors, therapists at the push-of a button.          Amidst hundreds of officers  who have turned up to the occasion along with their family members,Chief guest  Smt.Lalita Anand, wife of CP CV Anand,  launched Fitcop at  TSPICCC auditorium–  grand hybrid launch with all staff officers of city police connected to the program virtually. 

Infact the idea to develop  an exclusive & customised health  app for police personnel came in response to her self-transformational journey, using a health care service provider app based in pune, from a diabetic to completely becoming ailment free and enjoying health. While sharing her experiences, she urged the spouses of police officers to support them by all means by switching to healthy diet and habits.

        Featuring an AV which highlighted the hardships of police duties – the city police chief explained the circumstances which prompted to develop the app.  In March 2022,the city police entered into MOU with Helping Hand foundation and tasked them to take up a health survey in all police stations of west zone.The post-facto analysis revealed that 60 percent of staff are suffering from life-style diseases and BMIs are beyond reasonable limits. “Taking cue from these statistics, we envisioned to put up a monitoring mechanism which ensures results.”CP Anand added.

             Explaining the features of the app, he  said that FITCOP was developed on the underlying schema of 3 Ds – Diagnose,Develop and Do -  where in every unit officer will be diagnosed. Based on the medical parameters, the Helping Hand Foundation develops a road map to get rid of the medical comorbidities and  maps them to  a dietician, physical training instructor or a counsellor or doctor through in-app chat/call service.  The daily physical activity and the progress made by the staff will be translated into a digital dashboard and  supervised by the superior officers. HHF team.

“Good health improves productivity, enhances decision-making which fosters collective success of the department and benefits the society it serves.As the leaders of the force, it is our duty to take care of your welfare.” said Mr.Anand.

Homeguards Perayya , Brahmanaidu and constable padma who were among the network of more than 1300 officers who participated in the beta testing of the app shared their testimonials.

                  A health expo was also  organised which featured various products and services in the stalls manned by the representatives of fitness equipment manufacturers, diagnostic companies, medical experts, therapists, health insurance providers etc.,  

Mr.Anand lauded the efforts of Mujtaba Askari,Helping Hand Foundation; Mr.Ramesh,Jt.CP Admin; Smt.Sirisha Raghavendra, Addl.DCP(SHE teams & Bharosa); Raghavendra,  IT-cell Inspector;  and the app developers.

Sri.Vikram Singh Mann, IPS Addl.CP. L&O, Sri.AR Srinivas IPS Addl.CP Crimes & SIT, Sri.M.Vishwa  Prasad IPS Jt.CP Special Branch, Sri.M.Ramesh IPS Jt.CP Admn, Sri. Kartikeya IPS Jt.CP CAR Hqtrs, Sri.AV Ranganath IPS Jt.CP Traffic, Sri.Gajarao Bhupal, IPS Jt.CP CCS, and  other officers were present.

CPs taskforce busts fake arms licence racket

   Seven men have been arrested by Commissioner’s task force team for allegedly running a fake arms licence racket. The perpetrators  used fake seals of licence issuing officials & forged the signatures  to prepare the fake arm licences and procured real weapons.This is of great danger to the security of the city as illegal weapons are in circulation and being used for various purposes by dubious means.

       City Police Commissioner Mr.CV Anand presenting the facts of the case in his office and communicating through a press release , said that the mastermind of the racket Altaf Hussain, resident of Rajouri district- J&K, came to  city in 2013 for livelihood and joined Grace Management Security Service. Later he was deployed as Gunman in SIS cash service, west Marredpally. Prior to his employment in City, he purchased  a doube bore gun  using a fake arms  licence in Rajouri , J&K which he had obtained by bribing the local magistrate office.

 

As he was familiar with the process and licence details he teamed up with Hafeezuddin, a stamp vendor in Secunderabad, and started issuing fake  gun licenses by indulging in forgery and affixing fake seals.These fake documents have been used to procure real arms.  Further he steeped the illegal activity and starting issuing fake arms licenses and trapped the unemployed youth  residing in J&K states who tried to make a living as security guards in private  security firms. Using the fake All India Licenses (Rajouri based), weapons were procured from other states by these gullible candidates for 40 to 60 , 000/- rupees.

     This infringement has taken place with the connivance of Venkata Konda Reddy,  Regional Manager at Grace Management Security Services . They colluded with stamp vendor Hafeezuddin at park lane road for fake stamps and I.Srinivas, xerox shop owner in  West Marredpally for duplicate gun license books . The accused used to collected Rs 20,000  from each unemployed youngster and later deployed them in various private security agencies, a serious lapse in the functioning of security firms. Asian Security  Services, Nandamuri security & Services, Grace Management security services engaged  security guards, who were in possession  illicit weapons, and deployed them to their clientele which includes VVIPs, jewellery showrooms, agencies engaged for carrying ATM cash and as personal security guards.

Acting on a tip-off the West Zone task force probed and busted the racket. The accused have been booked under charges of cheating, forgery, making counterfeit seals, criminal conspiracy and illegal possession of arms. The Police seized  sizeable cache of arms & ammunition  including 30 Single Bore Weapons, 3 double bore weapons, 1 revolver, 140 rounds, 34 fake weapon license books, 29 unused weapons license books, 9 weapon licences which were affixed with fake stamp, 6 rubber stamps and 1 unsigned NOC. Teams were deployed to arrest  K. Shalem Raju(Owner of Grace Management security services) who is absconding. 

“The power of issuing arms  licenses and renewals is vested with police.This is illegal and a serious threat to public safety.The private security firms must adhere to  Private Security Agency Regulation Act (PSARA) under which the operation of private security agencies is governed.A private security agency cannot hire a guard with a firearms licence and they should also submit an undertaking to this effect .If banks , ATMs ,Business establishments etc want armed guards , they can apply for a arms license and then hire the armed guards as retainers from the security services." said the top brass. 

" We have also alerted other commissionerates and District collectors."  he added.

CP Anand said that they will  conduct a meeting with all private security agencies  and urged them to voluntarily disclose the weapons in their possession. City police also contemplates on issuing retainer licences to private security firms who deploy their guards to  commercial establishments, ATMs and other firms.

Mr.Anand  appreciated and rewarded the West Zone task force team led by  of DCP Sri P. Radha Kishan Rao and presented appreciation certificate, cash reward to Md Khaleel Pasha, Inspector West Zone Task Force Team;  SI’s N. Ranjith Kumar, P. Mallikarjun, Md . Mujaffar Ali, P. Chandramouli and other PCs.

CP lauds two brave cops

 City Police Commissioner Mr.CV Anand appreciated constable Sai Kumar and home guard Ravindra babu of Punjagutta Police station who fearlessly confronted a man who pointed a gun directly at them in a gripping stand-off.

Today morning,  around 3:30am, the two cops who were patrolling in Shabarinath lane in Ameerpet noticed that a person named Venkata Nagendra Reddy engaged in an argument with transgenders and tried to disperse them. Nagendra reddy reacted aggressively  pointed his licensed  gun and tried to open fire on the two cops.

But the brave officers quickly managed to tackle the armed man  and detained him in a move described by the city  police chief as "nothing short of incredible".  The firearm has been seized and the man was arrested. 

Despite unarmed, the courageous cops acted on the spur of the moment with no regard for their own safety and apprehended the offender.  Their astonishing bravery is commendable. 

CP Anand presented appreciation certificates and a cash reward of Rs 2500 each and congratulated them. These rewards will be tailored to their service records.

Goa-based drug supplier arrested by Hyderabad police

 The Ramgopalpet police along with the Hyderabad Narcotic Enforcement Wing (H-NEW) on Saturday arrested an absconding drug supplier from Goa wanted here in related offences registered in three police station limits.

Edwin Nunes, who owns the Curlie’s Beach Shack in Goa’s Anjuna, police said, was booked under various provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) at Ramgopalpet, Osmania Unversity and Lalaguda police stations.

According to Hyderabad City Police Commissioner C. V. Anand, who briefed media persons about the arrest on Saturday, the alleged role of Mr. Nunes surfaced during the interrogation of another accused Priteesh Narayan Borkar, who was attempting to sell contraband drugs near Habsiguda in August this year. The police had seized 20 ecstasy pills, five LSD Blots and four grams of MDMA from him.

Other names that were reportedly disclosed by accused Borkar were Manzoor Ahmed, his contact in Goa, who together procured drugs in bulk quantity from Thukaram Salgovkar alias Nana, Vikas Naik alias Vicky, Ramesh Chowhan, Steve, Sanja Gowekar and Edwin Nunes.

Mr. Anand said 45-year-old Nunes of Anjuna Bardez also had a history of offences under NDPS Act at Anjuna police station in 2017 and 2022, apart from a murder case registered against him.

In a recent case, he was found to have forged a COVID-19 test report, reportedly to support his activities and misguide the police. He was arrested in the case and later remanded in judicial custody too.

A team from Hyderabad city police reportedly arrested him in Anjuna a few hours after his release from the jail and brought him to Hyderabad.

Police said Mr. Nunes, allegedly the kingpin in the network, organised expensive parties, supplied drugs through his agents and personally delivered contraband substances to his consumers at Curlie’s.

IAS probationers visits TSPICCC

 As many as 8 IAS probationers of 2020 batch allotted to  Telangana cadre toured the state-of the-art Telangana State Integrated Command Control Center and Hyderabad City Police Commissionerate as part of an official exercise to acquaint themselves with the police functions and to explore the technological advancements in Hyderabad City Police . 

       The probationers  on arrival at TSPICCC were briefed on the engineering features of the building and given an overview of the technology fusion center, crisis management center,  CCTVs & analytics features of the Command Control Center. The trainees got an exposure to police operations, technical, administrative and other coordination aspects.  

The trainee officers thereafter visited the  musuem, helipad.Later they  met CP Anand who explained them about the city police history, functioning of various wings, technological advancements, and the importance of applications being used to control crime and uphold the Law &order

The team of probationers include Makarandu Manda, Mayank Mittal, B.Rahul, Apurv Chauhan, Praful Desai, Abhishek Augustya, Ashwini Wakhade, Pratiba Singh.

Sri.Vikram Singh Mann,IPS Addl.CP L&O; Sri.M.Ramesh IPS, Jt.CP. Admn and Smt.D.Sunitha Reddy DCP ICCC; Sri.Ch.Srinivas DCP SMIT and other officers were present.

Meeting held with Army Officials to discuss Cantonment roads closures

             Today there was a meeting between the Cantonment authorities led by Brigadier Mr Soma Shanker GOC , Station incharge, Col.Sidharth and Hyderabad City police represented by Cv Anand CP Hyderabad. Following the visit of Hyderabad traffic police led by Jt cp Ranganath and DCP North zone Chandana Deepthi last week to the Office of the Station in charge in a bid to find an amicable solution to the problem of roads being closed for a decade now, there was a discussion today on the way forward. 

It was decided that a joint physical inspection will be taken up tomorrow by the Colonel  ‘ s team and the DCP North traffic s team of all the roads to see which ones can be opened up for public traffic and which ones are sensitive . Decisions will be taken based on the above findings.

Mr Cv Anand said that “it is imperative that the needs of public convenience and freer flow of traffic are balanced with the needs of security of the military and defence establishments in the Cantonment area “ 

Brigadier and Station Commander said that “ in view of the growing population and vehicular traffic , we are also ready to consider the aspect of public convenience  and review our stand”

The CP promised to deploy more traffic personnel on those roads ,patrol cars and patrolling teams to ensure the safety and security of the defence personnel. He also requested the civilians and public to be patient and not agitate or politicise this exercise being undertaken for finding a solution in an amicable atmosphere.