Mahesh Bhagwat takes charge as Hyd CP
Mahesh Bhagwat assumes charge as the new Hyderabad Police Commissioner at the Telangana Integrated Command and Control Centre in Banjara Hills on Friday
Hyderabad: 1995-batch IPS officer Mahesh Muralidhar Bhagwat assumed charge as the new Hyderabad Police Commissioner on Friday at the Telangana Integrated Command and Control Centre (TGICCC) in Banjara Hills.
Having served in several positions in the Hyderabad Police Commissionerate, Bhagwat outlined his priorities, including maintaining law and order, ensuring women's safety and curbing cybercrime. Recalling his experience in tackling human trafficking as Rachakonda Police Commissioner, he said the city police would work as a cohesive team to maintain Hyderabad's reputation as a 'Safe City'. Strong law and order, he said, would also help attract investments. Announcing a special 'Jail Release Watch', he said police would monitor individuals released from prison by integrating jail release data with T-SPARK and CCTNS. Intelligence would be gathered through local police, Special Branch and community networks to prevent retaliatory attacks and gang rivalries. Bind-over proceedings, financial sureties and rowdy sheets would be initiated against offenders wherever necessary.
He said immediate arrests would be ensured in heinous crimes such as murder. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita provisions would be used against organised crime, while the Preventive Detention Act would be invoked against habitual offenders and those involved in commercial-quantity drug cases. The EAGLE wing would strengthen investigations, while drug cases would be pursued through Fast Track Courts with dedicated trial monitoring.
Bhagwat said he would meet DCPs and ACPs, visit all police stations and strengthen basic policing. Evening and night patrolling would be intensified, with morning reviews to assess performance.
Reiterating zero tolerance towards corruption and a strict 'no' to civil settlements, he warned of criminal and departmental action against personnel involved in illegal extortion. He also vowed action against land-document forgery gangs, hired killers, interstate gangs, ATM burglars and offenders involved in crimes against domestic workers.