HYDERABAD: Chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao has instructed the DGP to form a special Narcotic and Organised Crime Control Cell to crack down against drug menace in the state. The special cell with both intelligence and operations wings will work under the DGP.
On Wednesday, CM held a review meeting at Pragathi Bhavan on measures to be taken to control drug abuse. The meeting was attended by chief secretary Somesh Kumar, DGP M Mahendar Reddy, Hyderabad police commissioner CV Anand and CMO officials. In the meeting, CM told officials to act sternly against offenders. He instructed officials concerned to act tough against drug peddlers, and said that use of narcotic drugs should be totally eliminated from the state.