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Hyderabad City Police Commissioner V.C. Sajjanar connected Wednesday (January 7, 2026) said cases of food adulteration could beryllium booked connected par with effort to murder, underlining a zero tolerance attack towards offences that endanger nationalist health.
Addressing a coordination gathering astatine the Telangana Integrated Command and Control Centre successful Banjara Hills, Mr. Sajjanar said nutrient adulteration would nary longer beryllium treated arsenic a insignificant usurpation but arsenic a superior transgression with imaginable to origin sedate harm. He announced that peculiar associated teams comprising constabulary and nutrient information officials would beryllium deployed to enactment against adulteration astatine each levels, including ample standard manufacturing and processing units.
Habitual offenders could look preventive detention
The Commissioner said a caller modular operating process was being drafted to streamline inspections, raids, illustration collection, seizure of adulterated products and arrests. He warned that habitual offenders could look preventive detention and imperishable cancellation of commercialized licences.
WhatsApp and toll escaped helpline
Stressing the relation of nationalist participation, Mr. Sajjanar said a dedicated WhatsApp fig and a toll escaped helpline would beryllium launched soon to alteration citizens to study instances of nutrient adulteration. He assured that the individuality of informants would beryllium kept confidential.
Senior officers from the constabulary and Food Safety Department attended the meeting. The Commissioner urged nutrient concern operators to comply strictly with prime and information norms, informing that violations would pull enactment nether the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Food Safety and Standards Act.
