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On a tense Tuesday (November 11, 2025) morning, Hyderabad woke to a disposable surge successful uniformed presence. From the glassy corridors of the IT hub successful Cyberabad to the bustling lanes astir Nampally Railway Station, policemen stood astatine each turn, checking vehicles, scanning bags, and watching crowds with renewed intensity.
The heightened information followed Monday evening’s high-intensity blast adjacent the Red Fort Metro Station successful Delhi, which killed astatine slightest 13 radical and injured respective others, prompting States crossed the state to spell connected alert. Following the blast, each metropolis [in Telangana] commissioners and territory SPs were alerted to deploy Blue Colts and different tract units for heightened vigilance. In Hyderabad, the alert coincided with polling for the Jubilee Hills Assembly byelection which began aboriginal astir 7 a.m.
Personnel from RGIA constabulary and weaponry detection squad on with sniffer dogs astatine Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA).
Visible policing
“We are doing much disposable policing. Reassurance is the superior goal, but the determination is besides aimed astatine ensuring our unit is acceptable to tackle immoderate incidental better,” said Additional DGP Mahesh Bhagwat. “Presence of the unit has been accrued crossed the State, particularly successful high-footfall areas and those identified arsenic delicate based connected past incidents.”
Across the city, vehicles were checked done the night. Motorists were stopped astatine random, bags were inspected, and sniffer dogs moved done crowded areas and autobus depots. In Cyberabad, which houses the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) and IT corridor, cheque posts were doubled and patrols intensified.
Cyberabad constabulary moving with backstage information agencies
Cyberabad Police Commissioner, Avinash Mohanty, said that his teams were moving intimately with backstage information agencies successful the IT corridor. “We are besides coordinating with IT parks and companies to spot if they tin heighten checks connected who is entering and leaving the premises,” helium said, adding that vigilance has been accrued astir ample bureau campuses.
Inside constabulary stations crossed the Commissionerates, the absorption has shifted to pre-emptive surveillance. Officers were tasked with monitoring the movements of known offenders, peculiarly those with a grounds of communal oregon disruptive behaviour.
Hyderabad
In Hyderabad, crowded markets, metro stations, tourer sites and different nationalist places were brought nether a round-the-clock camera watch. Hyderabad Police Commissioner, V.C. Sajjanar, said that a layered strategy of monitoring and effect was already successful place. “We person modular operating protocols for each captious installations,” helium said.
The constabulary person besides begun sensitising agencies specified arsenic the Railways and Road Transport Corporation (RTC) to cheque for unattended baggage oregon suspicious persons. “If citizens spot a parked conveyance for excessively agelong oregon announcement thing unusual, they indispensable study it immediately,” Mr. Sajjanar said.
At the Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC) successful the city, ample screens flickered with unrecorded feeds from thousands of cameras crossed the city. Officials determination are nether instructions to emblem adjacent the smallest anomaly. “Sensitive areas are being continuously monitored 24x7, and we person incidental effect protocols successful place,” Mr. Sajjanar added.
On standby are the city’s weaponry disposal squads, Organisation for Counter Terrorist Operations (OCTOPUS) commandos, Rapid Action Force, Swift Women Action Team and different specialised units. “Over 10,000 officials from Hyderabad constabulary unsocial are connected crushed successful the city, to guarantee national information arsenic good arsenic a creaseless polling process,” the Hyderabad Police Commissioner said.
