Red alert sound in Hyderabad

Red Alert has been sounded in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad following a ghastly bomb blast which shook the national capital near Delhi High Court claiming 12 lives and injuring about 70 people on Wednesday.

The Director General of Police V Dinesh Reddy held a meeting with the senior officials to review the security situation in the State, particularly in Hyderabad. He directed the District Superintendents of Police to be vigilant and asked them to depute more security at important places to prevent untoward incidents.

Police has intensified the patrolling and police pickets have been posted at all sensitive and semi-sensitive areas. Bomb disposal squad have been kept on alert and security has been enhanced at all public places like cinema halls, bus and railway stations. A bomb disposal squad and three platoons of security forces have been deployed at the AP High Court building.

Stating that tight vigil is being maintained in the city, Hyderabad Police Commissioner A K Khan appealed to people to inform police about any suspected object or people. Besides 

the City Police personnel, nearly 25,000 security personnel have been deployed across the city, especially in view of the on-going Ganesh festival and to ensure the peaceful conduct of Ganesh immersion procession on Sept 11.