Hyderabad City Police
ANDHRA PRADESH
Beneficiary Oriented Solution - State
Public distribution
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Hyderabad City Police Jurisdiction is spread over an area of 3600 km2 with an approximate population of 9.7 million . Hyderabad City Police have 71 Law & Order Police Stations, 07 Women Police Stations, 31 Traffic Police Stations, seperate wings viz., City Security Wing , Special Branch, Task Force, Detective Department, Cyber Crime, Narcotics Enforcement Wing, City Armed Reserve, IT Cell working under Commissioner of Police.
Project Details
Brief Background
The erstwhile State of Nizam comprised areas covered by the present Telangana of AP State Bidar Raichur and Gulbarga districts of present Karnataka State and Osmanabad. Bheed Nanded Latur Aurangabad and Parbhani districts of the present Maharashtra State. Hyderabad was the Capital of Nizam. As per the available records the Police Commissionerate system existed way back from the year 1847.
Objective
The Nizam of Hyderabad used to appoint the Commissioners of Police who were officers of the Hyderabad Civil Service and they used to function during his pleasure. They were answerable to the Nizam directly on various matters of policing in Hyderabad city. However as far as administrative matters were concerned the Commissioner of Police used to correspond with the Home Department directly. The Commissioner of Police was popularly called as the ?Kotwal-e-Balda? and was responsible for maintenance of law and order prevention & detection of crime etc. The correspondence used to be only in Urdu. Kotwal enjoying a high position and look upon with great respect of fear had always been appointed from an early period and composed of various nationalities and a number of detectives.
Benefits
The Head of the ?Thana? (Police Station) came to be called ?Amin? The rank equivalent to the inspector was known as ?Sardar Amin? . The Assistant Commissioner of Police and the Deputy Commissioner were called ?Madadgar Kotwal? and ?Naib Kotwal? respectively. The entire city police force had distinctive uniforms and badges of rank. At the ?Thana? level there was a ?Jemadar? (General Duty Head Constable) and a Mohriri (Writer Head Constable). The Constable was called Barkandaz in the beginning and later called ?Jawan?. He was getting Rs. 6-00 in 1902 A.D. as pay and two annas per day was his daily allowance whenever he had to travel outside Hyderabad City.
Implementation Methodology
In 1294 Fasli a Detective police force was inaugurated. The city police had three superior officers 2 Muhatamims 10 Sadar Amins 27 Amins 3 Naib Amins 49 Sowars 2830 Constables of all grades 128 Arabs and 64 miscellaneous men. The strength of the city police rose to 3434 by the year 1337 Fasli. Cases of corruption were very rare. Among all the Commissioner of Police who served during the Nizam period. Raja Bahadur Venkatram Reddy who worked for nearly 14 years created a history in the city for his outstanding police administration and he commanded a great respect among the public.Implementing Agency Details
Name of implement agency
NIC, Telangana
