Kowkoor child murder: Police cancels security agency licence

Hyderabad: Days after security guard of a private security agency indulged in killing a five year-old girl at a Orchid Villas in Kowkoor, the Additional DGP, Intelligence and Controlling Authority of Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Act, 2005 (PSARA) Vijay Kumar on Thursday issued orders in cancelling licence granted to Defensor Security Services under Section 13 of the PSAR Act, 2005 and directed the agency to cease all security operations and surrender the original licence within seven days.

The licence was cancelled on account of serious violations of the provisions of the PSAR Act, 2005 and The TG PSA (Regulation) Rules, 2022, including deployment of security guards without proper police verification and mandatory training, inadequate supervision and failure to furnish a satisfactory explanation in a response to the show cause notice. The cancellation order also takes note of an FIR registered by Bollaram police in connection with the murder of a five-year-old child at Villa Orchids, Kowkoor, on October 10 involving a security guard deployed by the agency.

“All private security agencies operating in Telangana shall ensure that they function only under valid licences and strictly within the geographical areas authorised under those licences. They must complete character and antecedent verification of every security guard and supervisor before engagement or deployment. Only trained and physically fit personnel possessing valid agency photo identity cards shall be deployed on duty.

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