CP CV Anand finally visits Old City amid violent protest

Hyderabad police commissioner CV Anand finally visited the affected areas. Anand was nowhere to be seen for the first two days, especially on the night of August 23 when major violence first began at night.

Over the last two days protests have intensified against Raja Singh, after he received bail from a local Nampally court on August 23 following his arrest by the police. The MLA was released as the cops failed to fulfil a small technicality, rendering his arrest futile. Many were left wondering why Hyderabad’s top cop CV Anand was not on the ground.

Raja Singh’s defence counsel had moved a bail



petition before the court raising several irregularities in the procedure of his arrest. The lawyer argued there was a flaw in the Hyderabad police’s procedure for not complying with the Supreme court’s guidelines with regard to section 41 of the CrPC. The Old City has been tensed since then, and on boil since last night after the police began thrashing and arresting protestors after barging into their homes.

The present police commissioner is found to be monitoring the situation from the newly made operational police command and control centre at Banjara Hills.