The Telangana government has carried out a major reshuffle of policing in and around the State Capital, reorganising boundaries and creating four police commissionerates. The earlier setup of three commissionerates has now been revised into Hyderabad, Cyberabad, Malkajgiri and the newly formed Future City Commissionerate. Alongside this, Bhuvanagiri district has been taken out of the commissionerate system and will function as an independent district police unit.
Under the new jurisdiction, prominent and high-security locations such as the State Assembly, Secretariat, Begumpet, Shamshabad Airport and the upcoming High Court complex at Budvel now fall within the Hyderabad Police Commissionerate’s limits. VC Sajjanar (IPS:1996:TG) continues as Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad.
Rachakonda becomes Malkajgiri Commissionerate
The Rachakonda Police Commissionerate has now been renamed as the Malkajgiri Commissionerate. Senior IPS officer Avinash Mohanty (IPS:2005:TG), who was heading Cyberabad, has been posted as Commissioner of Police, Malkajgiri.
The new commissionerate will cover Malkajgiri, Nacharam, Uppal, Medipally, Ghatkesar, Pocharam IT Corridor, Kushaiguda, Neredmet, Jawaharnagar, Keesara and Cherlapally. Bhuvanagiri, which was under Rachakonda earlier, has been removed from commissionerate limits.
Future City Commissionerate formed
A new Future City Police Commissionerate has been created keeping in view the planned development of the wider “Future City” region. Its jurisdiction includes Chevella, Moinabad, Shankarpally, Maheshwaram and Ibrahimpatnam.
G Sudheer Babu (IPS:2001:TG), who was Commissioner of Police, Rachakonda, has been appointed as the first Commissioner of Police, Future City.
New posting in Cyberabad
Cyberabad has also seen a change at the top. M Ramesh (IPS:2005:TG) has taken charge as Commissioner of Police, Cyberabad, replacing Avinash Mohanty. Ramesh was earlier handling multiple assignments including IGP (Provisioning & Logistics), head of the Police Transport Organisation, MD of TGPICS, and IGP (Sports).
Cyberabad’s jurisdiction remains unchanged and continues to cover key IT and industrial pockets: Gachibowli, Financial District, Nanakramguda, Madhapur, Raidurg, Patancheru, Genome Valley, Ramachandrapuram and Ameenpur.
Yadadri Bhuvanagiri gets its own district police unit
With Bhuvanagiri carved out of the commissionerate system, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri will now function as a separate district police unit. Akshansh Yadav (IPS:2019:TG), who was DCP Yadadri Bhongir (Rachakonda), has been posted as Superintendent of Police, Yadadri Bhongir district.
Why the changes
Officials say the restructuring is linked to the reorganisation of GHMC limits and follows long-term urban planning laid out in Vision 2047, released at the Telangana Rising Global Summit in December. The idea is to match policing boundaries with expanding city regions and improve day-to-day administrative control.
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