Hyderabad Police Commissioner transfers 65 Task Force personnel amid corruption probe

In a major administrative reshuffle, Hyderabad Police Commissioner VC Sajjanar transferred 65 Task Force personnel to CAR Headquarters amid allegations of corruption and indiscipline. The move follows complaints and ongoing inquiries into irregularities and illegal collections.

Hyderabad: In a major move aimed at curbing corruption and indiscipline in the city police, the Hyderabad Commissioner of Police, VC Sajjanar, transferred 65 personnel working in the Hyderabad Commissioner’s Task Force and attached them to CAR Headquarters.

The policemen are from the sub inspector rank to the constable rank and work in all seven zones of the city in the Commissioner’s Task Force. The team works directly under the supervision of the Hyderabad City Police Commissioner.

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It is entrusted with the task of preventing organized crimes, detection of important and grave cases, and acting as a riot-control force during disturbances.

In the history of the Task Force, such a huge number of personnel have been moved out and attached to City Armed Reserve Headquarters. The department order states that the transfers were made on administrative grounds.

However, according to reliable sources, the transfers were initiated following complaints and inquiries against the policemen working in the Task Force for allegedly resorting to irregularities and collection of mamools. During the probe, the names of a few Inspectors working the teams have also surfaced and the inquiries against them are still going on.

It is learnt, a few of those transferred were collecting money from betting organizers, belt shops, gambling dens, and other organized criminal gangs.