Post Boghgaya blasts, strict vigil in city

The Hyderabad police have stepped up security and intensified checking in the city in the wake of serial blasts in Bodh Gaya, a senior police official today said.

The IB issued a general alert (after the Bodh Gaya incident) and as a precautionary measure, 30 police teams are already conducting anti-sabotage checks, frisking and patrolling operations in different places in the city, Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anurag Sharma told reporters here. Regarding the ensuing Bonalu festival and Ramzan, Sharma said police have beefed up security arrangements. Additional forces will be deployed to ensure their peaceful conduct and police will maintain vigil through CCTVs also, he added.
We are issuing notices to shopping complexes, malls and hotels among other places who are showing negligence over security measures, Sharma said. On Bonalu festival and Ramzan, the police commissioner said, We are keeping special attention on sensitive areas and at religious programmes and gatherings. Bonalu will be celebrated in on a big scale at Mahakali Temple in Secunderabad and Old City. A separate control room will be set up in the sensitive Old City area and more CCTV cameras will be installed at crowded areas, Sharma added.
PTI