Two TGPSC Officials Suspended Over OMR Sheets Lapse

The action followed an inquiry into Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) answer sheets from the 2018 Hostel Welfare Officers recruitment examination, which were found near Shivrampally along the PVNR Expressway on Saturday night. Earlier, TGPSC had directed its Superintendent of Police to investigate how the sheets ended up in a public place and submit a report within three days.

The Commission said the recruitment examination was conducted in 2018, and the entire selection process, including the declaration of results, was completed by 2020. The OMR answer sheets were subsequently identified for disposal under the prescribed record retention and destruction procedure and handed over to an authorised contractor.

Under TGPSC norms, OMR answer sheets are retained for three years after the completion of a recruitment process. They are then identified for disposal and sent for shredding in accordance with the established procedure.

During the destruction process, some of the sheets were found on the roadside. TGPSC said it had taken serious note of the procedural lapse and was examining the circumstances under which the records ended up there.

The Commission maintained that the records pertained to a recruitment process completed several years ago and would have no impact on any ongoing or future recruitment exercise. It added that record disposal procedures would be strengthened to prevent similar incidents.

The answer sheets were reportedly found between Pillar Nos. 230 and 240 of the PVNR Expressway near Shivrampally, after which police collected them from the site.

1-year jail for man in minor harassment case

A Fast Track POCSO Court in Medak sentenced a 21-year-old tipper driver to one-year rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of `20,000 for stalking and harassing an intermediate student and later threatening to kill her parents.

According to Medak superintendent of police D.V. Srinivasa Rao, the accused convict Chakali Kumar has been following the minor girl and wrote a love letter expressing his intention to marry her.

After the girl informed her parents, they approached village elders, who confronted Kumar. He abused the girl’s parents and threatened to kill them on February 19, 2023.

Following a complaint, Shivampet police registered a case. SI Ravikanth Rao completed the investigation and filed the charge sheet before the court.

Drunk driver runs over pedestrian

DC Correspondent

Hyderabad, July 27

An unidentified man was killed after a speeding car allegedly driven by a drunk driver hit him while he was crossing the road near the Rajendranagar DCP office late on Sunday night.

The victim died on the spot. Locals caught the accused, Sai Nithin, a resident of Manasa Hills and alerted the police. Police rushed to the spot and arrested him.

According to the police, Nithin was driving rashly under the influence of alcohol and was so intoxicated that he could neither stand properly nor mention his name. His Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) was recorded at 180.

A young woman travelling with him in the car declined to give any statement to the police.

The victim’s body was shifted to Osmania General Hospital mortuary after the postmortem and preserved for identification.

TG EAGLE Force, local police arrest interstate drug peddlers

EAGLE Force Telangana and Ramgopalpet police cracked down on a major drug delivery attempt, preventing the circulation of Mephedrone in the city.

According to Sandeep Shandilya, director, EAGLE Force, the teams on a tip off acted swiftly and arrested two interstate drug suppliers including a woman and seized four grams of Mephedrone near a private hospital on Paradise Junction.

The accused Riya Khatoon from West Bengal revealed that through Ajith Shankla from Rajasthan, she got introduced to Sameer, supplier of Mephedrone in Mumbai, Shandilya said.
He supplied her with 4 grams of Mephedrone at Malad Railway Station, Mumbai and an amount of `10,000 was allegedly transferred by Shankla to Sameer’s wife Ayesh Rehan Shaik, Shandilya said.

On July 24 Khatoon travelled by bus from Mumbai to Hyderabad. After reaching Kukatpally, she hired an auto-rickshaw and proceeded to the vicinity of a private hospital, near Paradise Circle. When she met Shankla at the designated location, where they intended to complete the delivery of the contraband, they were arrested, Sandeep further said.

Drug peddler rams police, inspector escapes bid on life

Two H‑NEW constables sustained injuries while an inspector narrowly escaped after a notorious drug supplier, driving rashly and negligently, pressed his car’s accelerator with the intention to kill the officer and fled the scene in the heart of the city.

H‑NEW Nampally wing inspector K. Rangaiah, 45, told Deccan Chronicle that he and his team had kept surveillance on Saif, a drug peddler.

“I and my team member Mahender Yadav, police constable (PC‑5522), received information that Saif was selling drugs near Payal Footwear, Abids,” Rangaiah said.

“At about 2 pm, I along with team members was waiting for Saif when he arrived in a blue Baleno car (TG‑12‑8766). An unknown person boarded Saif’s car and picked up a packet from him. My team tried to intercept Saif. Despite showing my ID card and instructing him to move the car aside, Saif stated he would take the car to the right but immediately drove at high speed, hitting my team members Mahender Yadav (PC‑5522) and Vamshidhar (ARPC‑11243), before fleeing towards Afzalgunj,” Rangaiah said.

Due to the impact, Mahender Yadav sustained injuries to his right leg, while Vamshidhar suffered bleeding injuries. “We immediately alerted Afzalgunj police and the injured were shifted to a private hospital in Somajiguda, where they were treated under MLC Nos. 31182 and 31183,” said N. Mohan Rao, SHO Afzalgunj.

Despite this, inspector Rangaiah chased Saif’s Baleno in the H‑NEW vehicle. At about 2.25 pm, Saif panicked and hit another car, a Maruti Swift Dzire, near Grand Hotel, Afzalgunj, and fled, Mohan Rao said.

Rangaiah risked his life at 2.28 pm when he intercepted Saif’s car near Afzalgunj bus stop. Saif pressed the accelerator, speeding towards Rangaiah with the intention to kill him. The inspector moved aside, fell on the road and sustained injuries to both hands. Saif fled the scene, a police officer disclosed.

Subsequently, Rangaiah went for treatment at Somajiguda, where he was treated as an outpatient under MLC No. 31185.

Police said three special teams have been formed and CCTV footage is being examined. Saif’s address has been traced through RTA records.

After treatment, inspector Rangaiah lodged a complaint with SHO Afzalgunj in the presence of station writer Shiva Kumar. Cases of attempt to murder, rash and negligent driving, causing injuries and assaulting a government officer on duty have been booked against Saif under Sections 281, 109 and 132 of the BNS Act.

It is reported that Saif’s car has been seized, two persons have been detained, the accused has been identified and an official arrest is awaited.