Police personnel and citizens participated in large numbers.
Hyderabad:As part of Police Commemoration Week, the city police organised a blood donation drive at CAR headquarters on Monday, securing a record 4,427 units of blood across 12 camps. The initiative paid tribute to police martyrs and supported thalassemia patients who require frequent transfusions. Police personnel and citizens participated in large numbers.
Telangana DGP B. Shivdhar Reddy said similar camps were held across the state in memory of police martyrs. “Donating blood is like giving life,” he said, urging people to donate at least two to four times a year, noting that the timely availability of blood could save many of the 8,000 people who die in road accidents annually.
He highlighted that thalassemia patients need transfusions every 15 days and that awareness can help prevent the disease. Recalling city police commissioner V. C. Sajjanar’s community initiatives during Covid-19, the DGP praised the large-scale participation and congratulated all donors.
Sajjanar urged the youth to donate voluntarily and participate in awareness drives. He said the police aimed to collect 3,500 units of blood as a mark of respect to martyrs and urged citizens to make blood donation a social habit, even during family functions, to help accident victims and surgery patients.
He thanked the Red Cross, Lions Club, Rotary Club, Thalassemia Foundation, Sickle Cell Society and hospitals, including Osmania, Gandhi, Niloufer, MNJ Cancer Hospital, NIMS, and others for their support. Camps were held at multiple venues in the city.
Senior officers M. Srinivas, Tafseer Iqbal, Rakshita Krishnamurthy, K. Apoorva Rao, R. Venkateshwarlu, G. Chandramohan and P. Lavanya Naik Jadhav were present.
FB friend dupes Rs 10.21 L
Hyderabad:A 42-year-old marriage aspirant lost `10.21 lakh to cyber crooks in a Facebook-friendship-turned-online-trading fraud. The victim lodged a complaint with the city cyber crime police on Monday, stating that he received a Facebook message on August 21 from a woman identifying herself as Sai Preethi, a UK resident and native of Vizag.
After gaining the victim’s trust, the fraudster convinced him to invest in online trading, promising high returns. The victim initially transferred `50,000 and, seeing small profits in the online wallet, invested more.
Between September 1 and October 10, he transferred Rs 10.21 lakh to UPI IDs and bank accounts provided by the fraudsters. When he tried to withdraw $14,000, the transaction failed, and the scammer demanded more money as ‘taxes’. Realising he had been duped, the victim approached the police, who registered a case.
