Major reshuffle of officers in Hyderabad City Police

 Complying the guidelines issued by the Election Commission on transfer of police officers, over 163 inspectors were transferred in Hyderabad City Police Commissionerate, and the orders were issued by the City Police Chief Mr.CV Anand in this regard and asked to report to their new places of posting immediately. After the recent reorganisation of Hyderabad City Police , this is another major reshuffle. Several senior officers  participated in the process to decide on the inspectors’ suitability as Station House Officers (SHO) and for other key roles. 

CP Anand held a video conference with all Inspectors and above rank officers and issued slew of instructions to them. Since many new officers reported from other police units, he apprised them about the recent reorganisation of Hyderabad City Police, infrastructure and policing changes which were carried out as part of the Mega City Policing plan.

Directives were given to the outgoing officers to brief new officers about the circumstances, administrative issues  and to give proper handing over. He thanked them for their contribution in maintaining Law & order in the City. Addressing the new officers, he instructed them to quickly get acquainted with city policing and render good services.

In an effort to optimise the human resource allotment, the top brass urged all the supervisory officers, especially DCPs of new units, to go depth about fixed duties and submit proposals accordingly. 

The overhaul of City Police in this year heralds bright changes in policing with many new officers in the forefront and key upgrades at all levels viz infra, man power, material, new units and other resources.

“Welfare of our staff officers is very important. Strictly 3 shifts in all Zones and fixed duties as per category of PS & work load. “ he said.

Jt.CPs Admin, CAR & Training also addressed the meeting about the administrative issues, fleet management and allocation, and rationalising staff.

Muharram procession passed off peacefully

 As the mourning mood prevaded, The traditional “Bibi Ki Alam” procession, taken out on the 10th day of Muharram, in the old city of Hyderabad passed off peacefully amid tight security cover & traffic arrangements made  by the Hyderabad City Police ever since the beginning of Muharram.

The massive procession began from "Bibi Ka alawa" in Dabeerpura with the "alam" kept on a decorated elephant. Hundreds of people public stood along the procession route roads to pay their respects. Thousands of mourners participated in the procession.

At the iconic Charminar City Police Commissioner Mr.CV Anand and Addl CP  s Vikram , Sudheer and Vishwaprasad offered “Dhatti” to the Bibi Ka Alam atop the elephant Madhuri . It has been a tradition for centuries that the city police Kotwal welcomes the procession and offers his obeisance.

The procession after    passing through various parts of the city including Bada bazaar, Nayapol, Salarjung bridge reached Masjid-E-Ilahi, Chaderghat on the banks of Musi river.  CP Anand accompanied by senior echelons of L&O, traffic, monitored the procession and issued timely instructions to the field officers. He  lauded the general public, organisers for their cooperation. 

“Over 1000 police personnel guarded the mourning procession. " said Mr.Anand.

Kotwal visits Bibi ka Alam

 Visited the Bibi ka Alawa and offered dhatti. This is another event going way back in history and the rituals in Hyderabad are quite unique.It was in 1576 , 447 years back , that the Muharram event was started by the Shia Qutub Shahi rulers and was continued later by the Asad Jahis. An  elephant procession is taken out on the occasion of 10th (Dus) Muharram.HCP has assessed everything and made arrangements.

 

Cyber Crime wing busted Rs 712 investment fraud

 The cybercrime wing of the Hyderabad city police arrested nine persons from Mumbai, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad, in what the police believe is a ₹712-crore countrywide investment fraud operated from Dubai and China.

The police said preliminary investigations revealed that some amounts had also been transferred to Hezbollah, a Lebanon-based terrorist organisation.

Thus far, the police have frozen various bank accounts worth ₹10.53 crore. As per the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP), it has also identified that 745 complaints were registered regarding several accounts, allegedly supplied by the accused.

Hyderabad city police commissioner C.V. Anand, addressing mediapersons on Saturday, said the police dug deeper while probing a complaint of investment fraud by a Chikkadpally resident, who lost about ₹28 lakh.

The victim had joined a ‘Rate and Review’ part-time job via Telegram app and registered himself on traveling-boost-99.com. Starting with ₹1,000 investment, for giving a five-star rating to a set of five tasks, and earning a profit of ₹866, the victim was lured to invest more in the online wallet, perform tasks and withdraw money. In further stages, he was asked to invest several lakhs, and in the final step, he invested ₹25 lakh for 30 premium tasks. However, he could not get back the amounts.

According to Mr.Anand, the amounts were transferred to six accounts, including one ‘Radhika Marketing’ maintained by Mohd. Munawar in Hyderabad, and its phone number helped find the trail. It was found that 61 bank accounts were opened for 33 shell companies. The same were sold to Prakash Prajapathi of Ahmedabad, who is reportedly associated with Lee Lou Guangzhou, Nan Ye, Kevin Jun and others from China. The accounts were being operated from Dubai and China through remote access apps such as ‘Cooltech’ and ‘Airdroid’.

For instance, the money received as investment gets credited to a primary shell/mule bank account supplied by Prakash Prajapati, then layered to a secondary bank account, and finally sent to the Chinese. The amounts were converted to USDT (crypto) and transferred, for which Prajapati earned a 3% commission on each transaction. Police said Prajapathi’s transactions with the Chinese involved an amount of ₹128 crore.

The nine arrested persons are Prakash Mulchandbhai Prajapati, Kumar Prajapati, Naimuddin Wahiduddin Shaik, Gagan Kumar Soni, Parveez alias Guddu, Shameer Khan, Mohammed Munawar, Shah Sumair, and Arul Dass.

Gang from Nepal held for major theft at businessman’s house

 A gang from Nepal involved in a major theft earlier this month from the house of a businessman in PG road has been nabbed by the Ramgopalpet police. Officials seized ₹5 crore worth stolen goods, which included ₹41.60 lakh in cash, 2.8 kilos of diamond and gold ornaments, 9.56 kilos of silver, 18 watches, nine smartphones, foreign currency such as dollars, euros and dirhams. 

A gang of 13 were involved in the theft, which was reported on July 9. Officials have nabbed nine of them while three more are absconding. “The gang had planned to escape to Nepal after the theft. We have more teams still working on the case, with few officers stationed at the Nepal border as well,” said the police.

Hyderabad Police Commissioner C.V. Anand said that the prime accused Shankar Maan Singh Saud alias Kamal, 45, along with his wife Parvathi, 35, and son Vikas Saud, 20, were residing in the same apartment as the complainant while working as a watchman. “Others involved in the case are related to Kamal, with some of them working as watchmen in nearby buildings of the same locality. Half of the gang was working in the city and seven of them are residents of Pune who were called here to execute the theft,” said the official.  The absconding individuals in the case were identified as Bharat Bista, 23, Bharati Saud, 39, and Pooja Saud, 31.

A case was booked following a complaint from Rahul Goel, who stated that while he was out with his family, the two flats of Om Towers owned by him and his relatives were burgled. “The accused confessed that upon noticing the wealth of the families, they hatched a plan to steal valuables and escape to Nepal. They broke open and decamped with the cash, gold and valuables by switching off their phones. The gang was divided into two teams and left for Pune to eventually cross the border and reach Nepal,” explained the official.

However, the police were actively tracking their movements and had a breakthrough when they identified that one of the accused was using a relative’s phone to communicate, with which the police were able to identify the new phone numbers and track them with Call Data Records (CDR). 

“A gang of four was nabbed from Barshola check-post in Haryana on July 14. Meanwhile, while the second gang was on their way to Jhansi from Pune, Vikas Saud fell down while boarding a bus and injured himself. As he already had an untreated infected wound on his palm, they decided to take him back to Hyderabad for treatment and used the stolen money to treat him at a private hospital in Secunderabad,” police said.

The gang took shelter in Prakash Nagar, Begumpet and were nabbed from there by the police teams on Tuesday night.