The Telangana State police have deployed about 1,500 personnel as part of security arrangement for the national flag hoisting on Independence Day by Chief MinisterK. Chandrasekhar Rao at Golconda Fort.
The Chief Minister will be unfurling the national flag at 10 a.m. after paying tributes to the gallant freedom fighters at the Martyrs’ Memorial.
DCP for the South-West Zone, Kiran Khare said that out of the 1,500, personnel around 800 are from the Law and Order police. “Other personnel include officials from the Greyhounds, Octopus and the Telangana State Special Police (TSSP). All the measures have been taken to ensure security of the place,” said the official.