Hyderabad City Police Commissioner M. Mahendar Reddy today issued orders prohibiting public meetings and processions from 6 am on August 24 to 6 am on August 30 in Hyderabad City without police permission.
He also prohibited carrying of arms such as swords, spears, knives, sticks with or without flags bludgeons, guns, explosives, and other offensive weapons in the city. Gathering of persons on the public roads or public places disturbing peace and order or causing inconvenience, annoyance or danger to public, collection, carrying of stones or other means of casting missiles are also banned.
Use of mikes/public address system by different organisations around the Secretariat premises, including Burgula Rama Krishna Rao Building, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Building, Commissioner of Fisheries building, Mint Compound, Nizam College and its surroundings, A.P. Legislative Assembly premises and surrounding roads, Public Garden Nampally, Upper Tankbund, I–MAX, Rotary and NTR Marg, fly-over road leading from Secretariat to Visweswarayya statue, Khairatabad are also prohibited. The CP also informed that any person violating the ban orders shall be liable for prosecution under the Hyderabad City Police Act. However, police officers, Military personnel, Home Guards and Bonafide funeral processions are exempted from the operation of the order. (NSS)