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Hyderabad, Nov.13 (Najaf Ali Shoukat-PMI): Dr. Mahesh Muralidhar Bhagwat on Friday assumed charge as the new Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad City, at the Telangana Integrated Command and Control Centre (TG ICCC) here in Banjara Hills.
Addressing the media after taking charge, Bhagwat identified law and order, women’s safety, cybercrime control, road safety and effective policing as his top priorities. He said maintaining Hyderabad’s reputation as a safe city would be the collective responsibility of the police force.
Announcing a crackdown on organised crime, gangs and habitual offenders, he said a special ‘Jail Release Watch’ would monitor individuals released from prisons through integration of jail records with T-SPARK and CCTNS. The Preventive Detention (PD) Act would be strictly invoked against habitual offenders and those involved in commercial-quantity drug offences.
He also promised intensified night patrolling, improved investigations, faster trials in drug cases and strict action against land-grabbing gangs, document forgery networks and hired criminals. Corruption and illegal settlements by police personnel would attract zero tolerance, he warned.
Road safety would receive special attention, with emphasis on emergency response during the Golden Hour. The newly established T-MARS wing would further strengthen traffic management.
Bhagwat said he would visit police stations, interact with field-level officers and address staff shortages. He also assured that citizen-friendly initiatives and community policing programmes would continue.
This is Bhagwat’s third stint in Hyderabad, having earlier served in various capacities, including DCP (South Zone), Joint Commissioner and Commissioner of Rachakonda.
Senior police officers, including Additional Commissioners M. Srinivasulu and Tafseer Iqbal, and Joint Commissioners D. Joel Davis and S.M. Vijay Kumar, attended the charge-taking ceremony. (pressmediaofindia.com)
